How GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance went from Trump critic to loyal ally

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump announced in a social media post that he has selected JD Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio, as his vice presidential running mate. Ed O'Keefe and Major Garrett have more on how this former Trump critic beat out the other contenders and what he brings to the ticket.

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[joetimes]

Sound like a spineless coward who switches sides when it benefits him

[afrasiabi]

definitely not voting trump after seeing this vice president complete trash

[jackw]

Ted Cruz must be so mad. He let Trump call his wife ugly and he still stumped for him.

[imoutofnames]

How he went from critic to ally? When you have no conviction, spine, or morals anything is possible.

[gandhithegreat]

People can change their minds. 8 years ago he was 31. Now he’s 39. His wife was a Democrat back then too

[gunsmoke]

Flipflop politics just another day in the office

[lostinny]

It's called selling out and having no backbone.

[GrannyJanny]

What a BAss Kisser and Brown Noser! Liked him best in 2016 when he was honest!

[theresaprice]

Well when it means you could be VP possibly President you gotta do what you gotta do 😂

[redeemedmat]

We I mean kamala called Joe all kinds of names remember that ? Now you people act like only Vance walked it back, just like she did ! Haha 😂

[TheSubmissionChannel]

"America's Hitler." - JD Vance on Donald Trump

[andrewsutherland]

Funny how the main thing people talk about is how he used to be a trump critic.
I was 15 when trump started his 2016 campaign. Not sure if anyone else remembers, but back then 95% of Republicans criticized him.
He's been a trump supporter for years, or are we just going to act like in 2019, Hollywood was glorifying biden and kamala harris was his biggest defender

[stanknight]

Doing the ole Mike Pence routine.
Trump's inability to read people, sometimes, is his only downfall.

[tracingcircles]

Legend has it that he actually couldn't grow facial hair until after his first visit with Trump and suddenly he re-emerged as a man.

[CherifSakhri-rt]

منوره الدنيا كلها سيدتي الغالية نوره وشكرا جزيلا على نشرة الاخبار.❤❤❤❤❤

[MrNutter]

The BEST PART He's Married TO A WOMAN

[tommytristate]

JD Vance is intelligent enough to make better decisions now. That doesn't seem to be something you at CBS have learned to do yet and just may be why you are losing support for your broadcasts.

[ryanfitzgerald]

How do you take 4.5 minutes to say the words he sold out?

[MariaMorris-up]

From Trump critic to “loyal ally?”
I really HOPE that he’d be loyal to Mr.
Trump.

[pcgenie-la]

He denouncedd Trump in 2016. Was he lying then or is he lying now?