(Milwaukee, WI) - Former president Donald Trump has chosen his running mate two days after narrowly escaping assassination.

 

He chose U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.

 

Vance, 39, was selected at a time when the age of political candidates has become an issue.

 

Since elected to the Senate in 2022, Vance has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.

 

La Porte County Republican Party Chairman Alan Stevens said a bullet striking Trump in the ear during a campaign rally Pennsylvania on Saturday came as a shock to him.

 

“It was just unbelievable you know,” he said.

 

Stevens said he’s afraid many of Trump’s supporters would have taken to the streets to engage in acts of violence had the shooter killed by the U.S. Secret Service succeeded in his attempt.

 

“With the political temperature being so hot any more, it probably would have been pretty ugly in my opinion,” he said.