Former President Donald Trump announced that Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, will be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Trump made the announcement on his platform Truth Social as the Republican National Convention kicked off on Monday, July 15, following months of speculation over who his vice presidential pick would be.
Vance is a 39-year-old attorney and author from southwestern Ohio. He was raised by his maternal grandparents due to his mother’s drug and alcohol addiction. Vance is a Marine, Iraq war veteran and graduate of Yale Law school.
Vance was first elected to the Senate in 2022. He supports tariffs on trade and opposes intervention in foreign conflicts such as the war between Russia and Ukraine. He is anti-abortion and has introduced bills banning gender-affirming care for minors and a bill against diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government.
Some of Vance’s work in the Senate has been bipartisan, working with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on a rail safety bill and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on policies holding executives responsible for failed banks.
Vance also has a history of criticizing Trump. Previously, he questioned if Trump could be “America’s Hitler.” However, Vance removed multiple negative references to the former president as he ran for senator, eventually gaining Trump’s endorsement.
He wrote a book called “Hillbilly Elegy” about his childhood and dealing with poverty, addiction, domestic abuse both in his family and in his neighborhood. The book was published in 2016 and released as a movie on Netflix in 2020.
The announcement comes just two days after an assassination attempt against Trump at a rally in rural Pennsylvania and hours after a federal judge dismissed his classified documents case.
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