Who is JD Vance? Donald Trump picks his vice president

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JD Vance is Donald Trump's vice presidential pick on the Republican ticket, but there's a tumultuous history between the two. So what does JD bring to the race for the White House? This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00I think most people were voting for

00:01Donald Trump or for Kamala Harris.

00:02Donald Trump delivered rising wages

00:04and a secure border.

00:05Kamala Harris has delivered an open

00:07border.

00:08J.D. Vance is Donald Trump's vice

00:10presidential pick on the Republican

00:11ticket.

00:12But there's a tumultuous history

00:14between the two.

00:15Vance is a 40 year old U.S.

00:17senator from Ohio and first

00:19gained national recognition as

00:21the author of bestselling memoir

00:23Hillbilly Elegy, which became

00:25a Hollywood movie.

00:26You've got to decide you want

00:29to be somebody.

00:30Don't make us your excuse, J.D.

00:33Before his political career, Vance

00:36served in the U.S.

00:37Marine Corps and worked as a venture

00:39capitalist.

00:40He rose to prominence in political

00:42circles as a Never Trumper,

00:44equating then President Trump to

00:46America's Hitler.

00:47Never Trump guy.

00:49I never liked him.

00:50During Trump's presidency, Vance

00:52changed his tune and then called

00:54him the best president of his

00:56lifetime in 2022.

00:58Vance is known as a strong advocate

01:01for revitalising America's

01:02manufacturing sector and tackling

01:04the opioid crisis,

01:06issues that resonate deeply

01:09with middle class voters.

01:10J.D. Vance from Ohio

01:12really speaks to what voters in

01:14those states are looking for

01:16and their concerns, concerns about

01:18the economy, concerns about

01:20inflation and about jobs as well.

01:23Now, Vance faces the challenge

01:25of convincing American voters

01:27that he and Trump are the right

01:29choice for the country's future.

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