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Trump picks JD Vance as running mate

Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been formally nominated as Donald Trump’s vice president by acclamation.

Trump received enough votes to officially become the GOP’s presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention earlier Monday during the roll call.

Like the nominee for president, the name of a candidate is placed into the nomination and is seconded. A vice presidential candidate traditionally is nominated by acclamation — or voice vote — to avoid a potentially time-consuming roll call vote. Both parties have nominated their vice presidential candidates by acclamation since 1988.

The presidential and vice presidential nominees will give an acceptance speech at some point during the convention.

Vance, a venture capitalist and the author of the best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” was elected to the Senate in 2022 after receiving a boost from Trump in a contentious Republican primary.

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