JD Vance: What to Know About Trump's VP Pick

Above all else, #Republican presidential nominee Donald #Trump’s selection of JD #Vance as his running mate for the 2024 election signals how powerful populism remains in US politics. Vance, a 39-year-old freshman senator from #Ohio and the author of #Hillbilly Elegy, has been one of the strongest voices for Trump’s brand of politics on Capitol Hill. He’s now positioned to be the standard-bearer of #Trumpism after Trump. #politics

The bearded senator, who often campaigns in jeans and a button-down shirt, rose from poverty to become a venture capitalist. Born in 1984 and raised in Middletown, Ohio, in part by his grandmother, he served with the US Marines in Iraq and later attended #Yale Law School. #politics

Vance once was a “never Trumper.” In 2016 he said Trump is “noxious and is leading the White working class to a very dark place.”

But Vance later said he came to support Trump, who’d once been a #Democrat, based on his policies in office. “People ask me what changed, and it’s pretty simple: at the time, I didn’t believe that a Democrat from New York would be able to accomplish much,” Vance said in a 2021 letter to Ohio Republican Party state central committee members. “I was wrong.”

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[sammyogdeeogdee]

His reason is he has not been corrupted.

[MisakiTachibana-ki]

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[letticiahernandez]

Dem y rep dem and rep approved the war on Ukraine

[ehm]

Feels great to have a young achiever that embodies hope vs. old senile leaders that can’t even remember the name of russia and Ukraine’s leaders at war.

[gunit]

At the beginning of the clip, look at J D look up and say God almighty. Then trump grabbed his hand as to say to him, "Be strong, have strength .

JD was going to say God almighty what have i gotten myself into. As if this guy did not want this. It was forced on him. (The POWERS that BE)

[kellywilson]

He used to be anti-Trump and I hope he won’t become like Trump if he becomes President.

[humbleevidenceaccepter]

We all knew DJT would pick an obscure white male Christian.

[spaceballs]

If I were Donald I wouldn’t of chosen him or if Donald wins then JD is going to be dumped cause Donald wants to be a dictator and dictator’s don’t have a vice dictator.

[alenmalekin]

President Trump knows best who is the right person for this job .
We should respect and support all of his decisions on the way to the White House . May dear God bless and protect him on this way ❣️💪💪💪❣️