Former President Donald Trump has selected 39-year-old Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate for the upcoming US general election.
Trump made this high-stakes announcement on Monday at the start of the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin.
“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 declared on his Truth Social platform.
Trump emphasized that Vance, while campaigning, “will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond.”
According to Fox News, Vance hails from Ohio, a former battleground state that Trump comfortably won in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.
The senator’s selection is expected to bolster Trump’s appeal among working-class voters.