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Trump Picks Senator Vance As His VP Nominee, Links With India

J.D. Vance, an Ohio senator and first-time candidate whose wife is Indian-American, has been nominated by Donald Trump, the former US president and presumed Republican nominee for the White House, for vice president.

t 39 years of age, Vance is 40 years younger than Trump and brings to the ticket experience in the US military. Former venture entrepreneur, he wrote the autobiography “Hillbilly Elegy,” which first made him well-known across the country.

It tells the story of his upbringing in a working-class American family. He is a new in politics and was elected to the US Senate in 2022, due to Trump’s support.

“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, a social media platform he owns.

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“J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association. J.D.’s book, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, became a Major Bestseller and Movie, as it championed the hardworking men and women of our Country,” he added.

“J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond…,” the former President posted on Truth Social.

The Biden-Harris campaign slammed Trump’s pick, saying in a statement that Vance was “picked 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”.

Shibra Arshad

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