JD Vance says he’d be disappointed if not asked to be Trump’s VP: ‘I’m human, right?’
By
Brady Knox
June 26, 2024 3:03 pm
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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) said he would be disappointed if he wasn’t asked to be former President Donald Trump’s vice president.
Vance gave an interview at his home with Fox News as part of a series of interviews with likely vice presidential candidates. Near the end of the interview, he was asked what would happen if he wasn’t picked to be vice president.
“You know, I’m human, right?” he replied. “So when you know this thing is a possibility, if it doesn’t happen, there is certainly going to be a little bit of disappointment. But I think the bigger thing is it’s such a cool thing to get to do the job that I do.”
Vance is widely seen as a top contender for the position, alongside Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-SC). As of Wednesday afternoon, the betting website Predict It currently has Vance as the second most likely candidate, behind Burgum.
He recently won a straw poll at the Turning Point USA Action conference about who should be Trump’s running mate, getting nearly three times the number of votes as the nearest competitor.
A top Republican strategist told Fox News Digital that Vance is “extremely popular” among Trump’s base and could help bring blue-collar voters away from President Joe Biden.
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