{"id":965882,"date":"2024-07-16T08:56:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965882"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:56:38","slug":"trump-names-j-d-vance-as-running-mate-in-2024-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/trump-names-j-d-vance-as-running-mate-in-2024-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump names J.D. Vance as running mate in 2024 presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has selected James David Vance as his running mate for the upcoming US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where both Trump and Vance were formally nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump shared the news on the social media platform Truth Social, stating that after &#8220;lengthy deliberations and thought,&#8221; he determined that Vance was best suited for the role of Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, initially an outspoken critic of Trump, has since emerged as a staunch supporter. He was seen on the convention floor with his wife, receiving welcoming chants of &#8220;J.D.!&#8221; from delegates.<\/p>\n<p>If the ticket is successful in November, defeating incumbent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Vance, at 39, would become the youngest Vice President in US history.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s VP selection was closely watched following the fallout with his former Vice President Mike Pence after efforts to overturn the 2020 election results failed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO | Reaction from Democrats and Republicans on Trump&#8217;s assassination attempt:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XA8nptkIJME?si=BnxrSF1dg-PNA3rs\" width=\"1060\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just overwhelmed with gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>What an honor it is to run alongside President Donald J. Trump. He delivered peace and prosperity once, and with your help, he&#8217;ll do it again.<\/p>\n<p>Onward to victory!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1813062451853738415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance, initially an outspoken critic of Trump, has since emerged as a staunch supporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":965883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1277],"tags":[318,1876,712,1351,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,436,1883],"class_list":["post-965882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-2","tag-donald-trump","tag-james-david-vance","tag-joe-biden","tag-kamala-harris","tag-mike-pence","tag-milwaukee","tag-republican-national-convention","tag-sherwin-bryce-pease","tag-social-media","tag-truth-social","tag-us","tag-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}