Donald Trump has announced JD Vance, an Ohio Senator as his running mate.
It is a surprise as the Senator once compared him to Hitler and described him as an “idiot”.
Announcing Mr Vance as his running mate, Mr Trump said on his Truth Social platform: “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.”
The former president highlighted how Mr Vance “honourably served” in the Marines, before adding that he will now be “strongly focussed on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American workers and farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond”.
Mr Trump added that Mr Vance will do “everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”.
Ohio-born Mr Vance, a New York Times best-selling author, entered into the world of venture capitalism after graduating from Yale Law School.
The US Marines veteran came to prominence in 2016 with his memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – which detailed his upbringing and socioeconomic problems in Ohio.
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