Biden scorches JD Vance as VP pick: ‘A clone of Trump’ who is ‘proudly anti-choice’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement, Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said Trump selected the Buckeye State Republican because he would “do what Mike Pence wouldn’t on January 6: bend over backwards to enable Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter the harm to the American people.” Dillon also said Vance would “make it his mission” to implement the extreme policies laid out in the Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, including a national abortion ban. open image in gallery JD Vance meets with Donald Trump in Ohio following the East Palestine train derailment in February 2023 “This is someone who supports banning abortion nationwide while criticizing exceptions for rape and incest survivors; railed against the Affordable Care Act, including its protections for millions with preexisting conditions; and has admitted he wouldn’t have certified the free and fair election in 2020,” she said. On a press call with reporters following the announcement, Dillon also slammed Vance as “proudly anti-choice” and accused him of wanting to “take women back decades.” She also contrasted Trump and Vance’s agenda as one “focused on themselves and their wealthy donor friends” with that of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who she described as “fighting for the American people.” “They're building the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. Asked about Vice President Harris’ feelings on the announcement, Biden campaign spokesperson TJ Ducklo said Harris “is fully prepared to take him on.” Senator Elizabeth Warren, who joined O’Malley Dillon and the Biden campaign team on the press call, said Harris “will take it to JD Vance.” “I've known her for nearly 15 years, while she's been in every kind of fight on behalf of working families, and she is strong.