From both political and governing standpoints, former President Donald Trump has made one of the worst choices imaginable in picking Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to be his running mate.

Indeed, he has thrown the flailing Democrats a campaign lifeline, giving them a new, surefire way to scare undecided voters away from voting for Trump or to move from staying neutral to voting for President Joe Biden instead. Vance isn’t remotely suitable to be the proverbial heartbeat of the presidency.