On July 15, 2024, the first day of the Republican National Convention, Trump announced that he had chosen Vance as his running mate in a post on Truth Social. On July 17, the third day of the convention, Vance accepted the nomination to be Trump's running mate. He is the first Marine veteran on a presidential ticket.

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Who is JD Vance???

James David " JD " Vance (born James Donald Bowman) has served since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Ohio. Just one year later, he has become the Republican Party's nominee for vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. Once vocally against Trump, he became a loyalist in 2020. He makes money from his political career and from other ventures away from Capitol Hill. His net worth currently stands at $5 million.

Vance describes himself as a member of the postliberal right. His political positions include opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage, and gun control, and he is in favor of banning pornography. Vance is an outspoken critic of childlessness, linking it to sociopathy and advocating that parents have more voting power than non-parents. He opposes continued American military aid to Ukraine. He suggests the right-wing should use state power to re-staff institutions with ideological allies that "actually take a side in the culture war".

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JD Vance wrote Forward to Project 2025: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/30/project-2025-what-is-it-connections-trump-nj/74538524007/

& https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-call-for-answers-on-project-2025-from-the-heritage-foundation/ar-AA1ok0po?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=afce6364cbe34e818fd408fa588535c4&ei=8

Along with calling for a modern political and societal "American Revolution", two of the things Porject 2025 is against are Birth Control and Dog Parks: "Decay as a result of making having children optional — including in the proliferation of dog parks."