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US Presidential Election: JD Vance is Donald Trump’s Running Mate
At the Republican convention on Monday, July 15, Donald Trump introduced his possible vice-president, James David Vance, senator from Ohio.
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At the Republican convention on Monday, July 15, Donald Trump introduced his possible vice-president, James David Vance, senator from Ohio.
With a bandage on his ear and a raised fist, Donald Trump was nominated as the presidential candidate at the Republican convention in Milwaukee. (Wisconsin, United States)Monday, July 15. He received a standing ovation from the crowd, a few days after having escaped an assassination attempt. At his side, James David Vance, the senator from Ohio, who has been chosen as vice president if Donald Trump is elected. This poster appeals to supporters. “I am delighted with the choice of the vice president,” says Republican convention attendee Candee Arndt.
At 39, JD Vance is a former military man and the author of a best-selling novel. He is one of the main spokesmen for conservatives in Congress. Anti-immigration, defender of economic protectionism, he had nevertheless called Donald Trump “idiot” in 2016. He is considered more radical than the former president by Democrats. A voice for a working-class and underclass population in the northeastern United States, JD Vance will deliver a speech on Wednesday, July 17.
