MILWAUKEE—Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) formally accepted the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination July 17, pitching himself as a fighter for the forgotten corners of the American nation.
“I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from,” the lawyer and venture capitalist, originally from Middletown, Ohio, told the crowd at the Republican National Convention, one day before former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak.
Mr. Vance commended his running mate for his resilience days after an attempt on his life in Pennsylvania.
“President Trump flew to Milwaukee and got back to work!” the freshman senator said….