# 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:** 61
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1202 "2024-08-08T13:47:51Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Sorry, but I think JD will be J-Dumped in a week or two. Aren’t the first ballot deadlines in just a couple of days? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1203 "2024-08-08T14:16:56Z")
The earliest was Ohio which got pushed back until after the Democratic National Convention in two weeks. I hadn’t heard about any other states’ deadlines presenting a problem for the Democrats so presumably the Republicans would also have that long to change their ticket. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1204 "2024-08-08T18:11:09Z")
> **[Weirdo J.D. Vance Desperately Tries to Claim Tim Walz Is “Weird”](https://newrepublic.com/post/184685/donald-trump-jd-vance-tim-walz-weird)** > > J.D. Vance is never beating those “weird” allegations. > [@](#): > > He called Walz “pretty weird” for not kissing his wife onstage during his rally in Atlanta, > … > At one point, Vance was asked why people in Wisconsin would want to get a beer with him. > > “I guess, I guess they’d wanna have a beer with me because I actually do like to drink beer,” he [said](https://x.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1821279201619509318), signaling his apparent normalcy. “I probably like to drink beer a little bit too much, but that’s OK, I’m sure the media won’t give me too much crap over that.” It’s surreal at how bad he is at countering the “weird” label. His team have had plenty of time to think of some good retorts. Walz not kissing his wife onstage does not seem weird in the slightest to me. Walz’s team should put together a supercut of all the times that Trump and Vance have appeared onstage without kissing their spouses. And add in the times that Trump has kissed Ivanka on stage to show how weird he is for kissing his daughter but not his wife. Also, the answer about having a beer is a clunker. He thinks he’d be good to have a beer with because **he likes beer**? Does he think liking beer is unusual among beer drinkers? Maybe he doesn’t realize that people want to get a beer with people who are interesting, likeable, and are fun to talk to. Perhaps when he asks someone to go get a beer, he’s used to hearing “Umm…No thanks. I don’t like beer.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1205 "2024-08-08T18:13:14Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Walz’s team should put together a supercut of all the times that Trump and Vance have appeared onstage without kissing their spouses. I remember a couple of times when Trump reached out for Melania’s _hand_, only for her to reject his. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1206 "2024-08-08T18:38:16Z")
after the very ackward gore kiss at the dnc, there should be no kissing! just say no! obama fist bump for the win. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1207 "2024-08-08T18:44:52Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > He thinks he’d be good to have a beer with because **he likes beer**? Maybe he’s getting campaign advice from Justice Kavanaugh. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1208 "2024-08-08T20:04:30Z")
When Vance was in Iraq, did he fight a typewriter or a word processor? Those Selectrics could be brutal. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1209 "2024-08-08T20:36:44Z")
Quoting the New Republic: > [@filmore](#): > > signaling his apparent normalcy Damn. My shade detector just went wild. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1210 "2024-08-08T20:46:31Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > signaling his apparent normalcy. How do you do, fellow beer drinkers? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1211 "2024-08-08T20:49:32Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > When Vance was in Iraq, did he fight a typewriter or a word processor? Those Selectrics could be brutal. At least Vance had **[_balls._](https://typewriters.com/parts/selectric-i-ii-element-used/)** ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1212 "2024-08-08T21:04:30Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > How do you do, fellow beer drinkers? - I almost did a spit-take of my IPA. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1213 "2024-08-08T22:48:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If Trump were to somehow no longer be able to run, I don’t believe that their procedure would automatically elevate Vance to the top of the ticket; they would have some sort of emergency conferences to hash out and select a new candidate – during that, they certainly _could_ choose Vance, but they might well not. My guess, if Trump died, is that the RNC would declare Ivanka the candidate, with the VP pick acknowledged to be the ‘real President’—very possibly the aforementioned Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts. With time so short even the Republicans wouldn’t want to get into a Ted Cruz v. Ron DeSantis v. Jim Jordan v. Glenn Youngkin v. Rick Scott brouhaha. And they’d like the symbolism of running a woman against Harris—with it being strictly understood by all voters that Ivanka would be only a figurehead. She’d know her place. If Trump doesn’t die but merely has a stroke, of course, they’ll prop him up and keep him at the top of the ticket. Perhaps start selling the story that God will touch him and turn him into a literal Superman the moment he’s elected President. Many of his voters would go for that. (In that scenario, J.D. might be allowed to stay on the ticket with the understanding that he could never hope to Amendment-25 Donald.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1214 "2024-08-08T23:18:19Z")
I suspect in the case of a dead Trump, we’re dealing with a Weekend at Bernie’s situation, with him propped up at the Resolute Desk. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1215 "2024-08-08T23:19:31Z")
This is a photo of a Vance rally yesterday in Wisconsin. AP photo. The “crowd” is only reporters. The photos reported in the press are only closeups of Vance (not the “crowd”). Just FYI since Trump loves to talk about crowd-size. [![](https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JDVance_campaign_EauClaireWI_07AUG2024.jpg) ](https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JDVance_campaign_EauClaireWI_07AUG2024.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1216 "2024-08-08T23:33:49Z")
Then there’s Vance’s event in a police station parking lot yesterday in suburban Detroit. I hear it was about 100 people, mostly press, police, staff, Republican muckety-mucks and their staff. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUdh2awXEAARaYJ.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUdh2awXEAARaYJ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1217 "2024-08-09T00:03:50Z")
Ivanka wouldn’t accept that role. It would be cool have a “cage match” free for all of contenders. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1218 "2024-08-09T00:39:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I almost did a spit-take of my IPA. I did the same with my lighter pale ale. Nearly spilled it on my awesome “music ⚡ band” t-shirt! > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Then there’s Vance’s event in a police station parking lot yesterday in suburban Detroit. I hear it was about 100 people, mostly press, police, staff, Republican muckety-mucks and their staff. Looks like the Trump/Vance ticket is garnering a bit more excitement than the boring Kamala/Walz duo. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1219 "2024-08-09T01:07:16Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I did the same with my lighter pale ale A lighter shade of ale? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1220 "2024-08-09T01:59:08Z")
Ha…that goes with my t-shirt! ---
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Meanwhile, Vance’s foiled attempt to manly confront Harris by manly marching across the tarmac to manly put her in her place her has drawn this from Lynda Carter: [![](https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/454547586_10226198528330710_8596765892624828680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=bd9a62&_nc_ohc=psB6s3yGBDQQ7kNvgGLAuXB&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AYAt9e3Pxc-_SHUt731pagpnJwHJTV1K1vm2_W8U7jHppA&oe=66BB3D44) ](https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/454547586_10226198528330710_8596765892624828680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=bd9a62&_nc_ohc=psB6s3yGBDQQ7kNvgGLAuXB&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AYAt9e3Pxc-_SHUt731pagpnJwHJTV1K1vm2_W8U7jHppA&oe=66BB3D44) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=62)