# Who will be Trump's running mate? (J. D. Vance Has Been Chosen) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 22, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511 "2024-01-22T20:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/762 "2024-07-26T16:12:06Z")
I know one thing. If Vance should ever visit my house, he’s getting a metal folding chair to sit on. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/763 "2024-07-26T16:13:35Z")
Man’s gonna bring back slipcovers all by his lonesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/764 "2024-07-26T16:29:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Another post claimed that the passage appeared in the first edition of the book, but was deleted from further editions. Whether or not it’s true, I hope the rumor persists, because it’s just too hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/765 "2024-07-26T17:01:48Z")
according to walz, these guys are weird. [‘These guys are weird’: Gov. Walz blasts Trump-Vance ‘obsession’ with anti-freedom agenda - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKYZKGcLLIM) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/766 "2024-07-26T17:11:50Z")
Maybe Vancing will become synonymous with freaky self-pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/767 "2024-07-26T17:16:32Z")
amusing as the whole couch thing reminds me of santorum. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/768 "2024-07-26T17:29:29Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Vance is sucking all of the O2 out of the Orange Revenant’s hyperbaric chamber and is a daily source of embarrassment for the campaign. Do you think that Trump can stand losing all of the attention and having all of the transferred attention be negative? I have my doubts about that! Yeah, Donald is hurting, badly, from all the attention being on Kamala. Vance becoming a laughingstock over the couch story must be driving Trump’s blood pressure even higher. I have no trouble believing the predictions that Trump will cut him loose. Likely the manner will be a Sir Story: Vance will walk up to Trump on camera, tears in his eyes, and say “I am so overcome by your awesomeness that I cannot continue as your running mate. I pray only that someone worthy of you can take my place.” As to why Vance would agree to do this: some combination of being told _'do you really want Trump to post that you are an Enemy of the People and that some patriot should take you out?_’ AND a consolation prize funded by Thiel and/or Musk. (A highly-paid no-show job, perhaps, to help usher Vance out of the Senate as well as off the ticket.) The only question is: when? Some have said around the time of the Dem convention to take away their press----but I would seriously doubt that Trump could wait that long. He needs to change the headlines away from Kamala and toward himself _ **NOW** _. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/769 "2024-07-26T17:32:27Z")
But if he dumps Vance, then who? Boebert? MTG? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/770 "2024-07-26T17:35:48Z")
I joked upthread about an announcement that he was going to rehab as an excuse to get him off the ticket, but I could actually see the Trump team leaking something about an opioid addiction and Vance needs to step down to take care of it. Vance gets sent off on a nice little “vacation,” and Trump gets to pick a new running mate. Then they can also pivot to how opioids are destroying hard-working middle American families and Democrats are at fault. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/771 "2024-07-26T17:36:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The only question is: when? Some have said around the time of the Dem convention to take away their press----but I would seriously doubt that Trump could wait that long. He needs to change the headlines away from Kamala and toward himself _ **NOW** _. That would likely be his motivation, but if he’s resigned to jettisoning Vance, it’s also politically smart. Rip the bandaid off and let as much time as possible pass between the dismissal and election day. As noted multiple times, it will be perceived as dysfunctional and weak. Make it an old story as soon as you can. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/772 "2024-07-26T17:41:15Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > But if he dumps Vance, then who? Boebert? MTG? He can’t dump Vance. Vance was chosen by the Republicans at the convention, not by Trump. He could pressure Vance into resigning, upon which the RNC rules doubtless have a rule allowing for a replacement to be chosen somehow. Vance is a sycophant though, so he won’t. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/773 "2024-07-26T17:42:33Z")
I don’t think Vance will be bounced. I think it would do too much damage, and it would take away the argument that Harris’ nomination is illegitimate. And the couch story is too gross to go mainstream. And to be fair, well, let’s just say I’m NOT going to tell stories of what 13 year old me did and with what. Serious question: Does the rumor say how old Vance was? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/774 "2024-07-26T17:44:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yeah, Donald is hurting, badly, from all the attention being on Kamala. Yes, but the veep thing is an opportunity. Trump’s base would have had a real fit if he picked Haley, or even Scott, the first go-round. Because the Republicans have a turnout problem, they were non-starters. But now that the cat lady thing shows a full MAGA veep pick to have been a mistake, the base will be more understanding. This gives Trump room to pick someone who will grow his coalition. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/775 "2024-07-26T17:44:51Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > And to be fair, well, let’s just say I’m NOT going to tell stories of what 13 year old me did and with what. Right, exactly. You’re not going to put it in your autobiography. When normal people do gross or reprehensible things, we keep it quiet. When Republicans do gross or reprehensible things, they share them, because they think it makes them more relatable. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/776 "2024-07-26T17:45:19Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > And the couch story is too gross to go mainstream. Not to mention apparently being apocryphal. > **[No, JD Vance Did Not Say He Had Sex with Couch Cushions](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-couch-cushions/)** > > A false online rumor about former U.S. President Donald Trump's running mate, a latex glove and couch cushions spawned a number of jokes and memes. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/777 "2024-07-26T17:46:19Z")
Right- I’m aware that it isn’t true. But NPR and CNN aren’t going to want to go there regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/778 "2024-07-26T17:47:02Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I know one thing. If Vance should ever visit my house, he’s getting a metal folding chair Same here, though perhaps not to sit on, exactly. And “grab them by the p\*ssy” went mainstream, and it was pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/779 "2024-07-26T17:49:09Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > But if he dumps Vance, then who? Allegedly he had chosen Doug Burgum but was convinced by Junior to go with Vance. Burgum is a spineless chameleon but a stable person who would still satisfy the tech bros and only draw interest by being not Vance. His history before the suck up trying to be VP phase was not hard MAGA but more mainstream GOP, and as a businessman was reknown for recognizing and advancing female talent at high levels. He’d be a play to the middle. I had bet on him being the choice that made sense in the Trump VP thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/780 "2024-07-26T17:50:15Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > And the couch story is too gross to go mainstream. What a quaint idea in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/781 "2024-07-26T17:51:00Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yeah, Donald is hurting, badly, from all the attention being on Kamala. It’s truly a sign of this age, whatever age this is, that someone took a shot at Trump less than two weeks ago and it’s already drifting toward the memory hole to become just one of a bunch of crazy/newsworthy things that have happened. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=40)