JD Vance introduces himself to nation as Trump’s running mate at RNC

Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, US Senator J.D. Vance, presented himself to the nation on Wednesday night as the son of a forgotten industrial Ohio town who will fight for the working class if elected in November.

In chronicling his journey from a difficult childhood to the US Marines, Yale Law School, venture capitalism and finally the US Senate, Vance, 39, introduced himself to Americans while using his story to argue that he understands their everyday struggles.

"I grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands and loved their God, their family, their community and their country with their whole hearts," Vance said at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. "But it was also a place that had been cast aside and forgotten by America's ruling class in Washington." "Career politicians" like President Joe Biden, Vance said, were responsible for trade policies and foreign wars that hurt communities like his.