Mr Vance, who will become vice president if Mr Trump wins the election in November, was criticised over the weekend after blaming Saturday’s assassination attempt on Joe Biden.
Donald Trump has announced an Ohio senator who once compared him to Hitler as his running mate for November’s US election.
JD Vance, a 39-year-old former venture capitalist, will become vice president if Mr Trump wins November’s election.
The former president made the announcement on his social network, Truth Social.
Ohio-born Mr Vance, a New York Times best-selling author, entered into the world of venture capitalism after graduating from Yale Law School.
The US Marines veteran came to prominence in 2016 with his memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – which detailed his upbringing and socioeconomic problems in Ohio.
Mr Vance once described himself as a “never Trumper” and was harshly critical of him after his 2016 election win – describing him as an “idiot” and “America’s Hitler”.
However, he has since become a reliable supporter, even attending court in New York to support the former president at his hush money trial.
Blamed Biden for Trump shooting
He is aligned with Mr Trump’s populist mindset and will likely be palatable to his base – perhaps even as a potential successor one day.
Mr Vance faced criticism over the weekend for blaming US President Joe Biden after Mr Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt on Saturday.
He wrote: “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.
“That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/trump-reveals-jd-vance-as-running-mate-for-us-election-13177636