Donald Trump’s vice president running mate JD Vance has spoken at the Republican National Convention

Republican and vice president candidate JD Vance has taken to the stage at the Republican National Convention, appearing overwhelmed by the support of the gushing crowd.

“Greetings Milwaukee. My fellow Americans and my fellow Republicans. My name is JD Vance from the great state of Ohio,” Senator Vance said.

Chants of “JD, JD, JD,” took over the audio feed as Republicans celebrated their vice president hopeful.

“My friends, tonight is a night of hope,” Senator Vance said.

“A celebration of what America once was, and with God’s grace, what it will soon be again.

“It is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to preserve the American experiment, to choose a new path for our children and grandchildren.

“But as we meet tonight, we cannot forget that this evening could have been so much different.

“Instead of a day of celebration, this could have been a day of heartache and mourning.

“For the last eight years, President Trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country.

“I want all Americans to go and watch the video of a would-be assassin coming a quarter of an inch from taking his life, consider the lies they told you about Donald Trump, and then look at that photo of him defiant, fist in the air when Donald Trump rose to his feet in that Pennsylvania field.”

“Even in his most perilous moment, we (Americans) were on his mind.

“His instinct was for us, for our country, to call us to something higher, to something greater,” Vance said to thunderous applause.

Senator Vance continued to sing the praise of Donald Trump.

“He called for national unity. For national calm, literally right after an assassin nearly took his life,” he said.

“He remembered the victims of the terrible attack, especially the brave Corey Comperatore who gave his life to protect his family. God bless him.”

Call for Unity

Senator Vance moved on to address Mr Trump’s call for unity.

“I think our disagreements actually make us stronger,” he said.

“That’s what I’ve learned in my time in the United States Senate, where sometimes, I persuade my colleagues and sometimes persuade me.

“My message to my fellow Americans, those watching from across the country is - should we be governed by a party that is unafraid to debate ideas and come to the best solution?

“That’s the Republican Party of the next four years. United in our love for this country and committed to free speech and the open exchange of ideas.

The applause continued until Senator Vance a sentence that sent Republicans wild.

“So, tonight, Mr Chairman, I stand here humbled, and I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to say - I officially accept your nomination to be Vice-President of the United States of America.”

‘Never in my wildest imagination’

Senator Vance spoke about his small-town upbringing, saying: “Never in my wildest imagination, could I have believed that I’d be standing here tonight.”

“I grew up in Middletown, Ohio. A small town where people smoke their minds, build with their hands and love their God, their family, their community and their country with their whole hearts,” he said.

“But it was also a place that had been cast aside and forgotten by America’s ruling class in Washington.”

‘Joe Biden’

It was then that Vance turned Senator Vance turned to his dislike for US President Joe Biden.

“When I was in the 4th grade, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent councillors good jobs to Mexico,” he said.

“When I was a sophomore in high school, that same career politician named Joe Biden gave China a sweetheart trade deal that destroyed even more good American middle-class manufacturing jobs.

“When I was a senior in high school, that same Joe Biden supported the disastrous invasion of Iraq, and at each step of the way, in small towns like mine in Ohio, or next door in Pennsylvania or Michigan, in states all across our country, jobs were sent overseas and our children were sent to war,” he said as the crown erupted with booing directed at Biden.

Senator Vance went said Biden was to blame for Chinese fentanyl flooding the United States.

“Joe Biden screwed up, and my community paid the price.”

Road to Vice President of the United States

“After 9/11, I did what thousands of other young men my age did in that time of soaring patriotism in my country, I enlisted in the United States Marines,” Vance told the Convention.

“I left the Marines after four years and went to the Ohio State University.

“I went to Yale Law School, where I met my beautiful wife, and then I started businesses to create jobs in the kind of places that I grew up in.

“My work taught me that there is still so much talent and grit in the American heartland.

“But for these places to thrive, my friends, we need a leader who fights for the people who built this country.

“A leader who rejects Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s green new scam and fights to bring back our great American factories.

“We need President Donald J. Trump!

“President Trump represents America’s last best hope to restore what is lost may never be found again.

“A country where a working-class boy born far from the halls of power can stand on this stage as the next Vice President of the United States of America.”

His first speech as vice president nominee for the Republican Party appeared to be well-received by some of the country’s most influential Republicans sitting in the Convention room.

As for Trump’s reaction, smiles and applause were plentiful for his new devoted running mate.