# 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:** 43
**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 27, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/842 "2024-07-27T01:03:37Z")
Has it been confirmed yet that it wasn’t in the first edition of the book? There are claims going around, together with purported photos of the page, that say it was in the first edition and then removed. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/843 "2024-07-27T01:09:51Z")
If this is gonna be the modern equivalent of “Richard Gere shoved a live gerbil up his butt” or “Rod Stewart got rushed to the ER and they pumped 3 gallons of semen out of his stomach”, then it couldn’t have happened to anyone more deserving. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/844 "2024-07-27T01:16:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Has it been confirmed yet that it wasn’t in the first edition of the book? There are claims going around, together with purported photos of the page, that say it was in the first edition and then removed. It was completely made up. Purported photos of a first edition are doctored. There’s no truth to this. > [@Smapti](#): > > If this is gonna be the modern equivalent of “Richard Gere shoved a live gerbil up his butt”… Yes, that’s exactly what this is. > **[The J.D. Vance Couch Story Will Never Die. Just Ask Richard Gere.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jd-vance-couch-story-will-never-die-just-ask-richard-gere-1235959065/)** > > The Republican vice presidential nominee (almost certainly) never copulated with a sofa. But sexually tinged urban legends about celebrities are un-disprovable, and denial only emboldens the memes. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/845 "2024-07-27T01:23:37Z")
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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/846 "2024-07-27T01:34:20Z")
Maybe Sarah Palin will get a similar break… ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/847 "2024-07-27T02:23:57Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > All these Democratic lies will do is to make the other side feel we are just as unprincipled. The MAGA folks already hate Democrats. So… ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/848 "2024-07-27T02:26:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > i havent ever seen it on Social media, You must not have a Facebook or Xitter account. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/849 "2024-07-27T02:31:14Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > All these Democratic lies will do is to make the other side feel we are just as unprincipled. They already think we’re way worse than them. Look, they’re spreading accusations that Kamala Harris succeeded by whoring herself. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/850 "2024-07-27T02:50:53Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > social media is where it originated, where it continues to spread, and continues to define Vance as a weirdo Just spotted this on Facebook, no caption (none needed). [![](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/453189375_8047200938666837_7113907584317173459_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=FU-yo25MuyoQ7kNvgEiI6fj&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYCR_pwnTHurmE-ViVhncpWB8lcZjExe7GSwzn8v1_h5eQ&oe=66AA314F) ](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/453189375_8047200938666837_7113907584317173459_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=FU-yo25MuyoQ7kNvgEiI6fj&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYCR_pwnTHurmE-ViVhncpWB8lcZjExe7GSwzn8v1_h5eQ&oe=66AA314F) ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/851 "2024-07-27T02:58:49Z")
OnlyFins screen shot? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/852 "2024-07-27T03:03:08Z")
The blowhole is on the wrong side though. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/853 "2024-07-27T03:08:55Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Scaramucci/status/1816928720894169307) So how many Scaramuccis will Vance last? ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/854 "2024-07-27T03:40:13Z")
Just think of all the Trump \* Vance merch they’ve already produced (and perhaps even paid for) – all going to waste? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/855 "2024-07-27T05:25:32Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Vetted? Vance? > Hell, the Republicants never vetted Don the Con. I can see them not vetting him for his public image. But they should have at least vetted him for Trump. The problem here isn’t going to be accusations over couch sex and dolphin sex and name changes. It’s going to be if Trump decides to take offense at the things Vance has said about him. With most politicians that wouldn’t be an issue. They can make up with an opponent if they gain by it. But Trump is notoriously thin-skinned and holds petty grudges forever. If the Democrats keep people talking about the things Vance said about Trump, at some point Trump will snap and turn on Vance. He’ll publicly attack Vance to “put him in his place” and that will weaken both men’s chances at getting elected. He’ll probably also try his signature maneuver of firing Vance and replacing him with a more sycophantic running mate. Even if the Republicans are able to buy off Vance and get him to agree to resign, Trump replacing his own supposed VP choice will hurt him. And Trump is not at a point where he can afford to look like he’s fumbling. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/856 "2024-07-27T05:33:15Z")
I’m a little scared that Trump will get rid of Vance and replace him with Haley. He thinks he is invincible so I seriously doubt he cares who the VP is as long as they suck up to him enough. However, Haley as VP could seriously hurt Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/857 "2024-07-27T05:57:07Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I’m a little scared that Trump will get rid of Vance and replace him with Haley. He thinks he is invincible so I seriously doubt he cares who the VP is as long as they suck up to him enough. However, Haley as VP could seriously hurt Harris. I would question that. The appeal to women or non-white voters will be narrow with Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate. If anything, it will highlight the way the Republicans want to keep their party under white male control while only giving anyone who isn’t a white man a token role. And the angry white men who make up a substantial portion of the Republican base might decide that it was a sell-out and not vote for either party. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/858 "2024-07-27T07:12:21Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > It doesn’t seem he was vetted well at all. Who would do the vetting? Think about it. trump only has sycophants that will work for free. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Are we allowed to talk about stuff made up about the candidates by the writers at SNL? The Onion? Making stuff up about politicians to satirize and mock is just what people do. There is a difference. Satirizing Palin by changing her “You can see Russia from Alaska” (which although true is meaningless) into “I can see Russia from my front porch” is satire. Making up bullshit about someone is- well, making up bullshit- and that is what the MAGAs and the kremlin does. Do we want to be like them? > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Why are you so worried about people making fun of JD Vance? It is not making fun- it is making up bullshit. Make fun of stuff he actually SAID- there is plenty of fertile ground there- Cat lady, porpoises, what he really honestly said about trump. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If the Democrats keep people talking about the things Vance said about Trump, Yeah, let us do that, instead of making up bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/859 "2024-07-27T07:19:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There is a difference. Satirizing Palin by changing her “You can see Russia from Alaska” (which although true is meaningless) into “I can see Russia from my front porch” is satire And so is saying that JD Vance fucked a couch, because when you look at him he’s exactly what you would expect a couchfucker to look like. ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/860 "2024-07-27T07:36:06Z")
You can’t really blame him, though. We all understand the thrill of the chaise. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/861 "2024-07-27T07:57:40Z")
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