John McCain's Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was a sports reporter in the late 1980s for KTUU, Anchorage, Alaska's NBC affiliate.
Barack Obama's choice is Joe Biden who has been a Senator since 1973 when he turned 30 years old.
According to Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, a senator must be 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States for 9 years, and must reside in the state he or she represents at the time of election.
