President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court kicked into gear a public relations campaign designed to drum up support for the longtime judge, one that will carry the nominee into his confirmation battle.

In the days following Trump’s prime-time Monday announcement, Kavanaugh’s former clerks, old classmates, and fellow carpool parents have taken to the airwaves and the pages of the nation’s major newspapers to tout his judicial credentials, academic record and character.