MILWAUKEE \u2014 Donald Trump\u2019s running-mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, is expected to recount his hardscrabble Ohio upbringing \u2014 marked by poverty and addiction \u2014 and his military service as he introduces himself and his young family to the nation at the Republican National Convention here Wednesday night, according to a person familiar with his planned remarks.<\/p>\n
Vance \u2014 whose 2016 memoir \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d became a bestseller \u2014 is also expected to tick through his early business career as a venture capitalist before seeking public office in 2022 and shooting through the party\u2019s ranks to serve as Trump\u2019s vice-presidential pick after less than two years in the Senate, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal plans.<\/p>\n
His wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, will speak just before him.<\/p>\n
On a night when the theme is \u201cMake America Strong Once Again,\u201d Vance \u2014 an intense 39-year-old populist and isolationist \u2014 will headline the convention stage along with several other hard-right firebrands, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), former acting national intelligence director Ric Grenell, former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro and Trump\u2019s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n
Trump Jr. and his cadre of loyalists were instrumental in pushing Vance as Trump\u2019s No. 2, a decision Trump did not finalize until the last 24 hours before announcing him Monday. Navarro, meanwhile, traveled to Wisconsin on Wednesday from Florida, where he was released from federal prison in Miami after serving a four-month sentence for ignoring a congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n
Thomas Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is also expected to take the stage and deliver a hard-line view of the nation\u2019s undocumented immigrant problem under Biden.<\/p>\n
Other longtime Trump allies and loyalists scheduled to speak include Kellyanne Conway, who served as a top adviser in his administration, and New Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House.<\/p>\n
In many ways, Vance is the most ideologically and stylistically similar to Trump of the three men the former president ultimately considered for vice president, and it is unclear whether he will help Trump dramatically expand the electoral map. He could, however, arguably help Trump fortify his support in Pennsylvania, one of the three so-called Blue Wall states \u2014 which also includes Michigan and Wisconsin \u2014 that Democrats now largely believe is Biden\u2019s only path to keeping the White House.<\/p>\n
In 2020, Biden lost White men by between 17 and 23 points, according to national exit polls and comparable surveys. But the Trump campaign is still working to increase Trump\u2019s support among this demographic; in a July Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, 54 percent of White men supported Trump to 38 percent for Biden, a 16-point margin.<\/p>\n
Trump aides hope that Vance could help shore up support from White men like himself, and are expected to deploy him across the country in working-class and rural areas similar to where he grew up.<\/p>\n
Vance was not always a Trump supporter. In 2016, he described Trump as either a \u201ccynical asshole\u201d or \u201cAmerican\u2019s Hitler\u201d in a text message to a former law school classmate, and in an essay for the Atlantic magazine the same year, he called Trump \u201ccultural heroin.\u201d In an updated 2018 version of his memoir, he also revealed that he did not vote for Trump in 2016, instead opting for a third-party candidate.<\/p>\n
But he has said he voted for Trump in 2020 and, as he sought the Senate seat, Vance quickly modulated his public and private comments about Trump, seeking out his oldest son as an ally and becoming one of the former president\u2019s staunchest defenders.<\/p>\n
Like previous nights of Trump\u2019s convention programming, the evening will also highlight the stories of \u201ceveryday Americans,\u201d including Gold Star Families, a term for those who lost loved ones in combat. The convention will also air several videos featuring Trump\u2019s support for the military and veterans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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