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    J. D. Vance Makes His VP Pitch

    The Millennial Republican senator knows exactly where his party is headed.
    by John Hendrickson Jun 18, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Jeff Kowalsky / Getty

    Updated at 2:18 p.m. ET on June 18, 2024

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    A lot can change in eight years. In the summer of 2016, J. D. Vance, writing in this magazine, characterized Donald Trump as “cultural heroin.” On Sunday morning in Michigan, Vance made his pitch to be Trump’s next vice president—by showing his fealty to the former president and sounding as much like him as possible.

    Vance is reportedly on a Trump-VP shortlist that includes Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, and . But Vance was the only one from this list who spoke at this past weekend’s People’s Convention, a sort of warm-up to the Republican National Convention hosted by the conservative 501(c)(4)

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