The news, carried on Trump’s Truth Social media website, emerged at the start of the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to nominate the party’s presidential ticket.
Former US president Donald Trump has selected J.D. Vance, a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, as his running mate, elevating a politician who once criticised the former president in acid terms but has since become one of his most stalwart defenders.
The former president, 78, survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday by a gunman whose motive remains unknown. At 39, Vance will represent a younger generation in an election that features Trump and President Joe Biden, 81, bringing a counterweight to the Democratic ticket that also includes Vice President Kamala Harris, 59.In selecting Vance, Trump passed over other possible contenders such including US Senators Marco Rubio and Tim Scott and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.Vance’s rapid ascent has been unusual for American politics.
But as Vance geared up to run for the US Senate in Ohio in 2022, he transformed into one of the former president’s most consistent defenders, supporting Trump even when some Senate colleagues declined to do so. While the Republican Party historically stood for free markets and embraced foreign intervention as an important national security tool, Trump’s 2016 election opened up significant rifts within the party. Vance has been one of the most vocal opponents of continued aid to Ukraine in the Senate, a stance at odds with many Republican legislative leaders.
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