Reaction Podcast: Vance Is Trump’s Running Mate

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this bonus installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew discusses former president Donald Trump’s choice of running mate: Ohio senator J.D. Vance. The “Hillbilly Elegy” author is unique among past running mates for his lack of political experience — and for his beard. What kind of running mate might he be? And will it matter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there,
0:02.0	you may have noticed that this is indeed a two-pondcast episode day.
0:07.0	We recorded a podcast earlier this morning talking about political violence in America that has already posted.
0:14.4	If you haven't heard it yet, you should definitely go listen to it.
0:17.5	It's our reaction to the assassination attempt of former President Trump over the weekend and we looked at data and we
0:26.0	looked at history and tried to provide some context in a pretty difficult
0:30.4	conversation. So I hope you do go listen to that.
0:33.4	We also now have breaking news about
0:36.6	former President Trump's Vice Presidential pick.
0:39.1	So we're going to talk about that briefly here.
0:40.9	But again, I hope this doesn't preempt you listening to the earlier
0:44.5	podcast today. All right Galen Druk. We just got news that
1:05.2	former President Trump has chosen Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate in
1:10.5	the 2024 election. It was down ultimately to Doug Bergam,
1:16.8	governor of North Dakota, Marco Rubio, senator from Florida. There was a last minute push for Glen
1:23.9	Juncken, governor of Virginia. In the end, the person who was the late in
1:30.1	the game favorite ended up getting it.
1:33.2	It is J.D. Vance, who has gone on quite a journey
1:36.8	from popular Never Trumper on places like MS NBC and NPR
1:41.5	back in 2016 to the person running alongside him in his third presidential
1:48.0	bid.
1:49.0	So here with me to talk a little bit about who J.D JD Vance is and whether or not a vice presidential pick even matters is senior elections analyst Jeffrey Skelly
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