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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Who is J.D. Vance, and What Does He Bring to the Trump Campaign?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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How did Sen. J.D. Vance shift from being a self-described “Never Trumper" to Donald Trump’s running mate? From the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, Paul Gigot, Kyle Peterson, and Kim Strassel discuss what the Vice Presidential nominee is saying about his past criticisms and what the choice means for the future of the GOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Brought to you by the National Highway Safety

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Administration and the Ad Council. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street

0:20.2

Journal this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.0

Donald Trump selects JD Van, senator from Ohio as his running mate,

0:29.4

bypassing the likes of Marco Rubio, Doug Bergam, and Glen Yunken, among other potentially solid choices,

0:37.0

why did he pick the 39-year-old first term senator?

0:41.1

And how will that affect the campaign through November chances of winning for the

0:45.2

Trump ticket and more important if they win for governing in the next four years

0:51.7

at Trump second term.

0:53.0

Welcome, I'm Paul Geego here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

0:56.2

with Potomac Watch, the daily podcast of the W.S.J.

1:00.3

Opinion Pages, and I'm here with my colleagues in Milwaukee, Kim Strassal, hi Kim,

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Hi Paul and Kyle Peterson.

1:07.1

Hi Paul.

1:08.1

All right, let's talk first about the JD Vant, which is of course was sprung in typically

1:14.8

Trumpian dramatic fashion on Monday. At least he got it in a couple of hours so

1:20.2

he could write something, although we had had sort of a suggestion that that might happen, so we were prepared.

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But first, just set the framework here.

1:28.8

J.D. Vance in many ways is an unusual choice because of what he had said in the past about Donald Trump.

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