- Title: J.D. Vance formally selected as vice presidential nominee at RNC
- Date: 15th July 2024
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 15, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) THE WEALTH ALLIANCE, PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, ERIC DITON, SAYING: "This is a profound day, right? We're after an assassination attempt. This is historic. And if anyone can turn an assassination attempt into a home run, it's Donald Trump with his fist held high and the American flag an
- Embargoed: 29th July 2024 23:30
- Keywords: Donald Trump JD Vance Milwaukee Republican National Convention Republicans vice presidential nominee
- Location: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
- City: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA003914615072024RP1
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- Story Text: Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance, a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, as his running mate on Monday (July 15), elevating a politician who once criticized the former president in acid terms but has since become one of his most stalwart defenders.
The news, first announced 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.
The selection of James David Vance, author of the bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," could help boost turnout for Trump in the Nov. 5 election. The Ohio native is deeply popular with the Republican candidate's base.
A staunch conservative from a Republican state, Vance is unlikely to bring many new voters into Trump's corner, however, and may even alienate some moderates. Some Trump supporters had pushed him to select a woman or person of color as his No. 2 to expand a coalition that skews toward white men.
Several advisers to Trump said the former president, who survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday, had focused on choosing a running mate he trusted and got along with.
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