The once-fierce critic has since aligned with the former president on key issues such as criticizing military aid to Ukraine and backing Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen
Donald Trump has named Ohio senator and best-selling author J.D. Vance his vice-presidential running mate, choosing a man who was once among the former president’s most vocal critics before becoming one of his staunchest supporters.
With a square bandage over his right ear and flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents, the former president walked up a flight of stairs, smiling and waving at supporters. Mr. Trump, who has previously lauded Mr. Vance’s conversion to his cause, is banking on the Ohioan to win over voters in the Midwestern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan as well as Pennsylvania. As a former venture capitalist, he could also help with raising money from Silicon Valley contacts.
During Mr. Trump’s rise to power in 2016, Mr. Vance criticized him as “unfit” for office. In an Atlantic magazine opinion article, Mr. Vance wrote that Mr. Trump was “cultural heroin” for white working-class voters. Since publicly changing his view on Mr. Trump ahead of his successful 2022 Senate run, Mr. Vance has become friends with Donald Trump Jr. He has also carved out a right-wing, nationalistic niche in the Senate.. He also unsuccessfully campaigned against an Ohio referendum to secure abortion rights.
In choosing Mr. Vance, Mr. Trump passed over Florida senator Marco Rubio, North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum and South Carolina senator Tim Scott, all of whom were reportedly under consideration.
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