MILWUAKEE, WI — Donald Trump has made his decision on his vice presidential pick, according to a person familiar with his thinking who spoke Monday on the condition of anonymity.
Trump has chosen Ohio Senator JD Vance. The 39-year-old was a Marine and Yale Law School graduate.
Vance is expected to appear at the Republican National Convention later this afternoon as the vice president is formally nominated.
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“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 of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and far beyond,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump first told Fox News reporter Bret Baier that the decision would come Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to Reuters. The comments were made during a phone call between Baier and the former president, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The shortlist for running mates was narrowed to Ohio Sen. JD Vance, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, then just to Vance and Burgum. Trump called the process “a highly sophisticated version of ‘The Apprentice,’” The Associated Press reported.
Stay tuned for more details on this developing story, for Channel 2 Action News starting at 4 p.m.
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