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Donald Trump has chosen the junior Senator from Ohio, JD Vance. Vance, who will turn 40 on August 2nd, is the youngest candidate on a major party ticket since Dwight Eisenhower chose the 39-year old Richard Nixon in 1952.
Vance was elected to the Senate just two years ago. He was critical of Trump during his 2016 run but Trump endorsed him in his Senate race against Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, which he won 53-47%. He was a public relations specialist with the Marine Corps during the Iraq War. He has a BA from The Ohio State University and his law degree from Yale.
He came to prominence in 2016 with his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.
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I like him, he's a good choice. He's got an inspiring life story and sets up a longer term person/platform for Trump's MAGA platform. Good to see some youth on our side.
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Yes, I'm pleased.
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I'm from Ohio and I'm not that crazy about Vance. Pardon the broad labels, but he is an isolationist and and anti-free trader. He seems to be good on other conservative fronts (excepting the National Debt in which almost nobody is in good standing).
From a practical standpoint, Vance will not help Trump in the Electoral College because Ohio is already on board. The other interesting thing is that Trump has recommended that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appoint Vivek Ramaswamy to Vance's Senate seat. I would not predict that DeWine will follow a Trump recommendation, but I also don't know what DeWine thinks of Ramaswamy.
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Please explain.
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Not sure how I feel about a Vice President who's younger than I am... this will be a first for me!
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