Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
After weeks of speculation, former President Donald Trump made it official, tapping Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate in this 2024 election.
Vance first came on to the national scene as an author with his 2016 bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, highlighting his upbringing in Southwest Ohio and his journey to success, experiences he took to voters in 2021 when he launched his first bid for public office, seeking to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Senator Rob Portman.
With the help of Donald Trump Jr., Vance was able to make that case to the former president, who endorsed him just ahead of the Ohio Republican primary. “They wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of Donald Trump’s America First agenda,” Vance said on that primary election night. “Ladies and gentlemen, it ain’t the death of the America first agenda.
The Senate was a springboard of exposure to a national audience, something News 5 brought up to him in his first interview after he won the seat in November of 2022 when we asked if he would have any interest in being part of the 2024 ticket. “I would be interested in it,” he said. “Because I think we have to help elect President Trump, I think he’s the best person for the job.”
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