Mr. Walz, who has kept a relatively low profile since becoming Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, appeared on Fox News Sunday.

But Harris and Walz’s slate of upcoming media appearances also comes after some Democrats began to express concerns that the campaign was being too risk - averse in the run-up to the election, avoiding one-on-one interviews and town-hall-style events that involve direct questions from voters.

Nearly a week after verbal stumbles in the only vice presidential debate, Democrat Tim Walz used his debut campaign appearance on a Sunday news show to try to fend off criticism of his stand on abortion rights and “own up” to past misstatements.

Walz will speak in Beloit at 10 a.m. and in Madison at noon, though no locations have been publicly announced. In late September, Walz rallied volunteers at a campaign office in Ozaukee County, a Milwaukee suburb where Democrats have gained ground in recent elections.

The vice presidential nominee laid out his defense for prior misstatements, chalking up some of his inaccurate rhetoric to the passion that he has for policies.

While most voters say the economy is the top issue in this election, abortion ranks high, especially among Harris voters compared to supporters of Donald Trump.

Nearly a week after verbal stumbles in the only vice presidential debate, Democrat Tim Walz used his debut campaign appearance on a Sunday news show to try to fend off criticism of his stand on abortion rights and “own up” to past misstatements.

Tim Walz deftly handled Fox News’ Shannon Bream’s grilling on abortion rights during his appearance Sunday, calling her attempts to steer the conversation to whether there would be limits to how late the procedure would be allowed a “distraction.

He’s got an answer for everything,” Walz says about JD Vance (Bowen Yang) at one point. Vance smiles and earnestly replies, “Thank you. That’s quite kind.” Later, the sketch mocked Walz’s debate flub about him claiming to have been in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.