JD Vance Spotlights Working Class America in Acceptance Speech

‘There still is so much talent and grit in the American heartland,’ the Ohioan told the crowd at the Republican National Convention.

Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 17, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

MILWAUKEE—Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) formally accepted the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination on July 17, pitching himself as a fighter for the forgotten corners of America.

“I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from,” the lawyer and venture capitalist, originally from Middletown, Ohio, told the crowd at the Republican National Convention, one day before former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak.