In the lead-up to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, GOP nominee Donald Trump said he wanted to keep the vice presidential nomination under wraps as long as possible. The attempt on the former president’s life two days before the convention, at a western Pennsylvania rally, likely forced his hand.

On the day Trump was nominated to be the GOP nominee for a second, nonconsecutive White House term, July 15, he announced that Sen. James David “J.D.” Vance (R-OH) would be his running mate. Trump called Vance “the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States” on his Truth Social platform.