Who Is J.D. Vance?

My VIP for this week is J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s choice for his vice-presidential candidate. Trump chose a grassroots favorite, 39-year-old Vance and made his choice known on Truth Social moments after delegates at the Republican National Convention officially nominated him for President of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump posted the following message: 

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. J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association. J.D.’s book, “hillbilly Elegy,” became a Major Best Seller and Movie, as it championed the hardworking men and women of our Country. J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond …

Vance is now a staunch supporter of Trump’s Make America Great Again, but he was once a Never Trumper who did not vote for Trump in 2016. He has blue-collar roots in Ohio that could help Trump against Biden’s “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. His youth could bring in younger voters.

Best of all, Vance has the capacity to lead our nation successfully if something should happen to Trump - something that cannot be said for the Democrats.

After the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday, President Joe Biden, other Democrats, and members of the media “called for toning down the political rhetoric.” In his Sunday night address from the Oval Office, Biden encouraged everyone to “lower the temperature in our politics.”

That attitude was so yesterday. Today – after Trump announced his pick for vice president – “the Biden campaign and media leftists have employed hyperbolic language to describe his VP pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio).” Among other charges made against Vance, the Biden-Harris campaign “claimed Vance would help advance Trump’s ‘extreme MAGA agenda.’” Why is “Make America Great Again” so extreme? Shouldn’t all Americans want America to be great?