The connections that catapulted JD Vance from Trump critic to running-mate
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A first-term senator, Vance is set to be announced by Trump as his running mate at the Republican National Convention Ryan, who spoke to The Independent days before Vance would be selected as Trump’s running mate, described his former foe as calculating and ambitious to the point where he would change any position to be in line with Trump’s, if need be. Vance joins a number of other Republicans who have acted similarly, like Nancy Mace and Marco Rubio But Vance’s advantage lies in the entirety of his Trump criticism having been made before he entered politics. “I guess that means going through Trump’s kids.” Ohio Senator JD Vance, who is set to be announced as Donald Trump’s running mate on Monday at the RNC, listens at a press conference outside Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan. “For all the crap that people give Trump, he’s actually a pretty ideological person,” Vance said that year.