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J.D. Vance Gives Surprisingly Low Key Delivery Of Biographical Speech Aimed At “Forgotten Communities” Of Key Swing States


Donald Trump's vice presidential pick spoke at the Republican National Convention.

Vance, formally accepting the Republican nomination for vice president tonight, gave a speech that aimed over key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as he shared heartwarming and sometimes amusing biographical details of his life. He wrote about his life in the 2016 bestseller Hillbilly Elegy, something that his wife, Musha, reminded the crowd when she noted in her introduction that he was “already the subject of a Ron Howard movie.” Vance tried to tie the plight of working class communities to Joe Biden, noting that he voted for the North America Free Trade Agreement and the authorization of the war in Iraq — as did overwhelming numbers of Republicans at the time.

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