# Who will be Trump's running mate? (J. D. Vance Has Been Chosen)

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**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")\
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**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1109 "2024-08-03T17:27:08Z")

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> I came here to see comments about JD Vance’s earlier criticism (when running for the US Senate) of Simone Biles for dropping out of the Olympics in 2020 due to mental health issues. It looks like the thread hasn’t covered it yet.

I’d thought I’d written something about it yesterday, but it turns out it was in [the thread about the NBJA/Trump interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-attend-black-journalists-convention/1005016/369). There, i wrote:

> [@Trump to attend Black journalists' convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-attend-black-journalists-convention/1005016/369):
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> It comes across, in a lot of ways, as being similar to Trump’s criticism of John McCain: “I like people who weren’t captured.” It’s insensitive, and has a “only winning should be recognized; everything else is shameful” mindset.

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