Kamala Harris’s running-mate Tim Walz has been billed as the country’s father figure, but all isn’t well in his own family. Eight of his relatives wore “Walz’s for Trump” shirts in a photo that went viral after a family friend leaked it to a Nebraska state representative. The VP candidate’s estranged older brother plans to vote for Donald Trump, and has explained on Facebook that Tim is “not the type of character you want making decisions about your future,” musing suggestively about “the stories I could tell”.

Walz isn’t alone in hailing from a politically divided clan. Earlier this year, numerous members of the Kennedy family came out against Robert F. Kennedy Jr, with John F. Kennedy’s sole grandson calling the campaign a “vanity project”. Malik Obama, meanwhile, has been trolling his more famous brother online for years. Republicans aren’t immune either: Mary Trump has made a windfall out of trash-talking her uncle. Keep your enemies close…