Three black trucks with US government plates were seen at the home of Ohio Senator and rumored candidate for vice presidency JD Vance on Saturday.
Aides have said Vance, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. Marco Rubio are on a list of three, while teasing their announcement before the Republican Party convention next week.
Vance, a senior favorite with Trump's MAGA basesaw the extra protection at his home after the assassination attempt on Trump which the former president miraculously survived, with Vance blames Joe Biden by the rhetoric that drives it.
Some speculated on social networks realizing the black trucks might be Secret Service agents, leading many to wonder if Vance had officially won the veepstakes.
Vance, a big favorite of Trump's MAGA base, saw the extra protection at home after Trump's assassination attempt which the former president miraculously survived, with Vance blaming Joe Biden for the rhetoric he drove.
Three black trucks with US government plates were spotted at the home of Ohio Senator and rumored vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Saturday.
However, while it was left vague why the extra security had been requested, one report suggested it was not the Secret Service and had nothing to do with whether Vance would be Trump's vice president.
“A well-informed source says it is NOT secret service, not related to disputes, and the presence is strictly preventive after yesterday.” NBC news reported
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine would say only that agents from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and ATF were dispatched to Vance's home, he said. WLWT.
The request was approved around 6:40 p.m. local time Saturday afternoon, about 25 minutes after Trump was shot.
“For security reasons, the patrol does not discuss specific details related to security operations.” OSHP said in a statement.
It's unclear whether the vice president's other rumored favorites have had security sent to their homes, or whether fellow Ohio senator Sherrod Brown has been granted the same.
A spokesman for DeWine, a Republican like Vance, would not say whether there were any specific threats against the senator or the reasoning behind them.
Vance has yet to make any public comments about the security detail.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance Blames Biden's 'Rhetoric' In X Post After Donald Trump's Assassination Attempt
It was suggested that it was not Secret Service and had nothing to do with whether Vance would be Trump's vice president
He is seen as potentially the top contender for Trump's running mate in the final days after Trump's son was confirmed. Don Jr. who is a Vance ally would speak before the vice presidential pick at the convention.
Supporters, including Trump Jr. and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, say he brings a deep connection to the Rust Belt states that could decide the election, a personal story that embodies the American Dream and the kind of television skills. essential for the president's number one lawyer.
Critics accuse him of being a political chameleon, selling his Never Trump credentials at the first whiff of power.
Either way, it's an extraordinary rise for a 39-year-old raised in grinding poverty in southern Ohio by his heroin-addicted mother and fierce grandmother.
His 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” catapulted him to literary and political fame, establishing him as the kind of white, working-class author who could decode Trump and his appeal to an incomprehensible liberal and conservative establishment.
The book painted an evocative portrait of a forgotten American while warning that Trump himself was like an opioid, an “easy escape from pain.”
As opponents have gleefully pointed out, he repeatedly criticized Trump while promoting his first book, describing himself as a “Never Trump guy” and explaining why the real estate developer and New York TV star was “unfit for our nation's highest office” in a new post. York Times piece.
Vance has become one of Trump's most visible supporters on television and a hero of the hardline MAGA movement with his message of America First economic nationalism.
Vance has become one of Trump's most visible supporters on television and a hero of the hardline MAGA movement with his message of America First economic nationalism.
It's unclear if the other rumored VP frontrunners have received home security, or if fellow Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has been granted the same.
Whether he's named Trump's running mate or not, he's expected to play a big role at the RNC this week as the former president tries to make a previously unlikely pivot to unify the nation after the shooting
Trump flew to Milwaukee, WisconsinSunday evening in a show of defiance as he proves he's already back to work.
He spent Sunday making calls to world leaders, journalists and allies before announcing that the attack would not derail his busy schedule.
But at the same time, attendees have quietly signaled that the convention, expected to be a loud, Democratic coronation for the nominee, needs to be a quieter affair.
Starting with the president's own speech.
“The speech I was going to deliver on Thursday would be a joke,” he told the Washington Examiner.
“If that hadn't happened, this would have been one of the most incredible speeches directed primarily at President Joe Biden's policies.
“Honestly, it's going to be a completely different discourse now,” he added.
He is expected to make his first public appearance on Monday when he announces (or doesn't) his vice presidential pick ahead of his big speech on the final night of the convention.