Biden campaign goes after JD Vance despite calls to ‘lower the temperature’

Published July 15, 2024 5:26pm ET



President Joe Biden‘s campaign attacked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Monday after former President Donald Trump tapped the junior senator to be his running mate.

In a statement, Biden campaign Chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon claimed Trump selected Vance as his vice presidential nominee “because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn’t on Jan. 6: Bend over backward to enable Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter the harm to the American people.”

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