Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, rewarding a one-time harsh critic who became one of his most loyal supporters in Congress.
Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, a one-time harsh critic who became one of his most loyal supporters in Congress.
Trump, 78, announced his pick on the first day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, an extravaganza turbocharged by the attempted assassination of the former president.
One of the least experienced VP picks in modern history, the one-term senator 39-year-old is further to the right than the ex-president on many issues including abortion, where he embraces calls for federal legislation.
He made his name with the 2016 memoir „Hillbilly Elegy“, a best-selling account of his Appalachian family and modest Rust Belt upbringing, which gave a voice to rural, working-class resentment in left-behind America.
Critics have pointed to numerous awkward remarks one-time „Never Trump guy“ Vance has made in the past, including calling the billionaire an „idiot“, „noxious“ and „reprehensible“ and suggesting he was „America’s Hitler.
