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Why Trump Picked J.D. Vance

Why Trump Picked J.D. Vance

The real threat behind a Vance vice presidency

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John Cassibry
Jul 17, 2024
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On Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. 

The previously never-Trump Senator would be the third-youngest vice president in history and has apparently beat the “beard barrier” as the first vice presidential candidate with a full beard since William H. English in 1880.

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