Meanwhile Trump's pick for Vice President was being closely watched and it's notable

that the man he ultimately chose is a relative newcomer to politics.

J.D. Vance rose to fame in 2016 with his best-selling memoir Hill Billy Elegi

documenting his upbringing in a white working-class Appalachian family struggling with

poverty and addiction. But as we mentioned Senator Vance has been a staunch ally of the former president in a statement on his conservative social platform

Truth Social Mr. Trump congratulated Vance saying quote as Vice President JD will continue to fight for our

Constitution stand with our troops and will do everything he can to help me

make America great again. Joining us to talk about all this is Ohio Public Media State House

news bureau chief Karen Kastler. She's been following Vance for many years.

Karen, thanks so much for being with us.

Karen, thanks for being with us. So Mr. Vance, Senator Vance has now been tapped for this role.

We know as a young senator, not spending too much time in politics so far,

but you've been covering him.

What should we understand about why you think he was tapped to be the vice president?

Well he is the second youngest member of the US Senate so that potentially brings in younger

voters possibly.

He's got a young family. He's only two years in office and never

had elected office before he ran for the US Senate. He was elected in 2022 after

winning a brutal seven-way primary that was the most expensive in Ohio history.

And so I think that there may be the thought that because of his age,

his military service, some of these things

might be part of the reason why he was picked.

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