JD Vance Shares Heartwarming Moment Trump Told Him He Was VP: ‘I’ll Never Forget’
U.S. Senator and recently minted vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (R-OH) has revealed the moment President Donald Trump asked him to join the ticket, saying the “crazy” moment was interrupted with a heartwarming gesture by his young son.
Appearing live from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Sen. Vance joined Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Monday to share details about his intimate conversation with Trump and how family life never stops at his Ohio home.
“When the President called me today and formally offered me to become the vice presidential nominee, which just sounds crazy, my son, my 7-year-old son was sort of making noise in the background. You know, I’d get so embarrassed, oh my God, Trump is asking me to be his vice president,” said Sen. Vance, adding he did not know for sure whether he won the veepstakes. “Who knows whether it’s good or bad.”
“But then he actually has me put my 7-year-old son on the phone. You think about this, everything that’s happened. The guy just got shot at a couple of days ago and he takes time to talk to my 7-year-old. It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” he added.
Vance, a 39-year-old father of two, rose from poverty to win his first campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Although frequently at odds with many of President Trump’s positions prior to his campaign, the pugilist populist has come around on the MAGA agenda, joining President Trump in pushing for higher tariffs on foreign imports while pushing other policies to benefit Americans in the blue-collar Midwest and Rust Belt states. His selection allowed Trump to place a face on the future of the movement that began with his 2016 election, ensuring Vance will remain a deeply influential voice within the Trump-era GOP whether or not the duo wins in November.
Since Saturday’s shootings, all signs are pointing to a Trump-Vance landslide in November. New polling from YouGov shows the former president leading President Joe Biden in all seven of the nation’s swing states, many of which fall into the region Vance represents in the Senate. Democrats have privately resigned themselves to a second Trump administration, telling Axios on Sunday that they are more concerned with providing safety to their staff and protecting their own seats than seeing President Biden into a second four-year term.
Shortly after the news of Sen. Vance’s pick broke, Vice President Kamala Harris attempted to call him only to see her outreach declined, according to ABC News. “I’m told that they did not connect, but I’m told that Harris did leave a voicemail. This crowd has been eagerly awaiting JD Vance and they’re already adapting to the news,” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott reported from Milwaukee on Monday.
