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Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: U.S. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) looks on as former President Donald Trump speaks to the media during Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images) (Pool, 2024 Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump has chosen Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his vice presidential running mate, taking a once-strident critic and elevating him as the leading heir to his political legacy.

Vance, who will turn 40 in August, offers a youthful contrast to Trump, 78, and President Joe Biden, 81.

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He would be the third-youngest vice president in history — behind John Breckinridge (36 years old upon taking office in 1857) and Richard Nixon (40 years and 11 days in 1953). And Vance’s selection comes just days after Trump survived an assassination attempt Saturday, underlining the gravity of the vice presidential selection in stark terms.

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