JD Vance Rallies RNC Crowd in First Address as Donald Trump’s Running Mate: ‘This Could Have Been a Day of Heartbreak and Mourning’
variety.comMichaela Zee JD Vance spoke on day three of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, where the junior senator from Ohio officially accepted his nomination as Donald Trump‘s vice presidential running mate.
After introducing himself to the nation, Vance squarely addressed the attempted assassination of Trump on Saturday at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
Four days ago, the former president was inches away from being killed or gravely wounded by a 20-year-old man with an automatic rifle who was shot dead at the scene by Secret Service snipers. “As we meet tonight, we cannot forget that this evening could have been so much different instead of a day of celebration,” Vance said at the podium. “This could have been a day of heartache and mourning.” Vance used his first primetime address as Trump’s running mate to share his story of his upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, describing the town as “a place that had been cast aside and forgotten by America’s ruling class in Washington.” “In small towns like mine in Ohio, or next door in Pennsylvania, or in Michigan, in states all across our country, jobs were sent overseas and children were sent to war,” he added.
Vance was elected as a Republican senator from Ohio in 2022. He is the author of the 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” which follows his working-class family and the abuse, poverty and addiction that afflicted them during Vance’s childhood.
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