Former President Donald Trump has chosen Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate after carefully considering several other candidates. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, marking a significant moment in his political strategy for the upcoming election cycle.
Trump listed some of Vance’s accomplishments, including his honorable service in the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as graduating from Ohio State University (Summa Cum Laude) and Yale Law School. The former president mentioned that Vance was the Editor of The Yale Law Journal and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association. Trump also highlighted Vance’s best-selling book, ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ which later became a movie for championing the hardworking men and women of “our country.”
“J.D. has had a very successful business career in technology and finance.” Trump said that for the campaign’s duration, Vance will be strongly focused on the people he fought “so brilliantly for, the American workers and farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond.”
One of Vance’s primary roles will be to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris in a debate between the running mates.
Speculation grew after Vance left home Monday in a protective motorcade. Cincinnati police, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, and ATF agents were seen around the senator’s home Sunday evening.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine authorized additional security measures in response to the assassination attempt on President Trump that took place on Saturday. On Monday, Vance left his home under tight security, with his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, accompanying him.
Senator J.D. Vance, a frequent favorite on lists of potential Trump running mates, has made headlines with his strong stance. In the wake of the shocking incident where former President Trump was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania, Vance issued powerful statements criticizing President Joe Biden’s leadership. He also lavished praise on Trump, underscoring the former president’s resilience and vision for America.
Vance, who is just 39 and half Trump’s age, is one of the youngest men to be a vice-presidential nominee. He is a political neophyte, a first-term senator who has only been in office for about a year and a half.
Vance pointed out that the attempted assassination of President Trump Vance wrote on X, “Courageous, United, and Defiant. This is leadership,” Vance also pointed out that this is not just an isolated incident but a direct outcome of the Biden campaign’s portrayal of Trump as an authoritarian fascist who poses an existential threat and must be stopped at all costs. His comments shared on X, highlighted the dangerous escalation fueled by such rhetoric.
Today is not just some isolated incident.
The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.
That rhetoric led directly to President Trump's attempted assassination.
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) July 14, 2024
Vance had garnered attention last year for his outspoken criticism of the Biden administration, particularly on pressing issues such as the fentanyl crisis. He has strongly condemned Biden’s border policies, linking them directly to the surge in fentanyl trafficking that has devastated not only Ohio but the entire nation. According to Vance, it takes a “special amount of gall” to be from Biden’s political party and to complain about the fentanyl crisis.
He also expressed concern that we are living in a banana republic, where Biden is using the Department of Justice to target his primary political opponent.
After former President Donald Trump selected Ohio GOP Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate, the Republican National Convention officially nominated him by acclamation.
House Speaker Mike Johnson then took the stage to announce the Trump/Vance ticket formally.
Trump kept Vance’s nomination under wraps for months, although he dropped occasional hints throughout the selection process. Also on the shortlist were Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
