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J.D. Vance is a millennial, a populist, a bestselling author, a former Marine-turned-venture capitalist, a senator and now Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. In choosing the 39-year-old Republican from Ohio as his running mate, Trump also picked a successor who echoes his views and MAGA stance. It’s a sign of Trump’s growing confidence that he chose a VP who isn’t from a critical swing state, instead picking a contender whose message resonates with white working-class voters.
While Vance has consistently called for a “reindustrialization” of America, he can be a tough man to pin down on how to do it. On worker pay, for example, he has called for “upward pressure on wages” and “downward pressure on services” to create efficiencies. But he opposes government intervention in making it easier to work, calling universal daycare “a class war against normal people.” (He also opposes abortion and some LGBTQ+ rights.) As Service Employees International Union President April Verrett argued last night, “Vance may portray himself as a working class hero, but his record tells another story.” Others might disagree.
