Democrats have painted Kamala Harris’ vice presidential pick Tim Walz as a squeaky clean military veteran, small-town teacher and well-loved football coach.
But as media scrutiny of the Democratic nominee ramps up, fact-checkers are increasingly poking holes in his public image.
Mr Walz, governor of Minnesota and a less practiced politician on the national stage, has been accused of distorting the truth about his military record, his son’s birth, his time as a football coach, and a DUI arrest after doing 100mph in a 55mph zone.
Psychologists have suggested his string of mistruths represent a worrisome pattern of dishonesty.
