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Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has been selected as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee and will run alongside former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Vance, 39, was first elected to the Senate, defeating Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in the 2022 midterm elections.
Before entering politics, Vance enlisted in the Marines and served in the Iraq War, then graduated from Ohio State University and Yale Law School.
Vance rose to fame with his best-selling autobiography, “Hillbilly Elegy,” a chronicle of American values and his Appalachian upbringing that was later adapted into a Netflix film.
Trump nominates Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance for 2024 presidential run
Former President Donald Trump and J.D. Vance address supporters during a rally at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2022. (Drew Ungerer/Getty Images)
In 2019, Vance founded Nalia Capital, a venture capital firm in Ohio, with the backing of former PayPal CEO and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel.
Days before announcing the Ohio senator as his running mate for 2024, Trump, when asked about Vance's facial hair, likened him to former President Abraham Lincoln, telling Fox News reporter Brian Kilmeade, “He looks good… like a young Abraham Lincoln.”
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The former president made the long-awaited announcement via Truth Social just minutes after the Republican National Convention (RNC) gavel opened its doors on Monday.
Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio walks to attend a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker)
“After lengthy deliberations and consideration, and after taking into account many other extraordinary talents, I have determined that the person best qualified to serve as Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio,” Trump wrote.
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“JD served our country honorably in the Marines, graduated summa cum laude from Ohio State University in his second year, and graduated from Yale Law School where he served as editor of the Yale Law Journal and president of the Yale Law Veterans Association. JD's book, Hillbilly Elegy, championed the hardworking men and women of our country and was a best-seller and made into a movie. JD had a highly successful business career in technology and finance, and now during this campaign he will focus on the people he fought so brilliantly for – American workers and farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and beyond…” Trump said.