Kaine’s broadside, during a rally at St. Anselm College near Manchester, came a day after Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton voluntarily released her latest tax return and Kaine made public the past 10 that he and his wife have filed.

Trump, whose business interests include real estate and an array of other ventures, has said he cannot release his tax returns because of an ongoing audit. During his campaign, Trump has cast himself as a much stronger advocate of the military than Clinton.

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Although there is no legal requirement for presidential contenders to release their tax returns, Kaine said that every major-party candidate has done so since President Richard M. Nixon, someone Kaine said “was not known for the most elevated ethical standards.”

“Everybody’s done it,” Kaine said. “Trump is not doing it. He says the rules that apply to everybody else do not apply to Donald J. Trump.”

“What doesn’t he want to show?” Kaine asked his audience. “You know, he brags about all this stuff he’s done for charity, but there’s been some good articles to suggest that’s all brags, and it’s not really backed up.”

Kaine mentioned several stories that have appeared in The Washington Post, including one that detailed a promised $1 million personal contribution from Trump to a veterans charity that was not delivered until four months later, amid intense media scrutiny.

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“We might find that this generosity that he’s claiming is just smoke and mirrors,” Kaine said. “I think that’s probably the case.”

Kaine also attacked Trump for past suggestions that as a business executive, he has used “every trick and dodge he can” to lower the taxes he owes. Kaine argued doing so amounts to shirking one’s duty to support the military and funding for veterans programs.

“There’s a guy who’s trying who’s trying to dodge supporting our veterans,” Kaine said of Trump. “He’s not going to be a president for the veterans, because he hasn’t cared about the veterans in his life.”

The tax returns released by the Democrats on Friday showed that Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, earned $10.7 million last year.

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In 2015, Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, reported $313,441 in total income, the vast majority of that coming from their respective salaries: Kaine as a senator and Holton as Virginia’s secretary of education.

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During the past 10 years, they gave a minimum of $11,209 to charity, with the amount exceeding $20,000 in four of those years, according to the returns.

While in New Hampshire on Saturday, Kaine also met briefly with the parents of slain journalist James Foley. An aide said Kaine ran into Diane and John Foley in a hotel lobby and talked for several minutes about a foundation they have started.