JD Vance has been the odds-on favorite to become former president Donald Trump’s running mate for weeks now. A lot of folks were skeptical, but it played out as we (should have) expected on Monday when Trump made the choice official.
Vance has certainly taken a quick path to the top. He began his political life extremely skeptical of Trump, he has not been in national politics for long, and he’s served less than one term in the U.S. Senate. He has since reformed and become a pro-Trump conservative, though his particular brand of conservative is less Reaganite than some would hope for.
Still, he has enough fans within the Trump team and among conservatives that he got the job.
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