Trump chooses J.D. Vance as VP running mate

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Former President Donald Trump has announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. Trump is expected to accept the Republican nomination on Thursday. Vance would serve as vice president if elected to office in November.The selection came on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and just a couple days after Trump survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump said on Truth Social that a bullet pierc