Former President Donald Trump chose Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. Trump announced his VP choice in Milwaukee on Monday.
“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 J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump announced on his Truth Social platform.
Trump and Vance are in Milwaukee to attend the 4-day Republican National Convention.
The news comes 2 days after Trump’s near-death experience at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump survived an assassination attempt by a 20-year-old loner. The shooter was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
Vance openly criticized Trump in 2016. He previously suggested Trump could be “America’s Hitler,” called him obnoxious and compared him to an opioid.
But Vance changed his tune during his run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. He deleted his mean tweets and courted Trump’s endorsement.
Vance was one of the Republican lawmakers who attended Trump’s hush money trial in New York City in May.
The senator opposes abortion and has said Americans should have more children.
Vance is married with three children. He bought a $1.5 million home in Alexandria, Virginia, last year, Politico reported.
