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JD Vance and Donald Trump
US Election
Ohio senator and 'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance announced as Trump's pick for VP
The selection was revealed today at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump was formally named as the party’s presidential nominee.
LAST UPDATE | 15 Jul 2024
AUTHOR-TURNED-POLITICAN JD VANCE has been selected by Donald Trump as his running mate for the US presidential election.
The Ohio senator, who came to the fore following his Hillbilly Elegy book about white working class communities in America, will be the potential future vice president as Trump seeks to return to the White House.
Vance was revealed this evening at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump has been formally named as the party’s nominee for president.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump said on his social media platform.
He said Hillbilly Elegy had “championed the hardworking men and women of our “country” and that their camapaign will be “strongly focused” on “American workers and farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and far beyond”.
But the position of his running mate has taken on even greater significance following the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend.
Hours before the shooting, in an interview before he boarded his plane from Florida, he told Fox News: “It’s a very important position, especially if something bad should happen – that’s the most important.”
Vance was this evening introduced to the convention to loud cheers and a standing ovation from the crowd, where he was formally selected as Trump’s running mate.
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