Who is JD Vance, Trump’s pick for US vice president?
Al Jazeera
The 39-year-old used to be a Trump critic, but later became one of the staunchest champions of the MAGA agenda.
Donald Trump has chosen Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate as the former US president looks to return to the White House.
Vance, 39, rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which was published as Trump was first running for president.
Vance was elected to the United States Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.
But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment.
An attempted assassination of Trump at a rally on Saturday has shaken the campaign, bringing new attention to the nation’s coarse political rhetoric, and reinforcing the importance of those who are one heartbeat away from the presidency.
