Sen. JD Vancean Ohio Republican who is among the candidates to be donald trumpThe vice presidential running mate will help the former president raise money next month in Cincinnati, according to an invitation obtained Tuesday by NBC News.
Vance is billed as the “special guest” for a May 15 fundraiser and “luncheon discussion” to be headlined by Trump. Host committee members are being asked to contribute or raise $250,000 per couple. For participants, the prices are US$100,000 per couple or US$50,000 per person. All funds will go to the Trump 47 Joint Fundraising Committee.
The event could be a trial of sorts for Vance, a first-term senator who lives in Cincinnati and is a key Trump ally in Ohio. Eight years ago, during his first run for president, Trump demonstrated testing potential running mates at rallies before choosing Mike Pence, then governor of Indiana.
Such public spectacles have yet to materialize in Trump’s third bid for the White House. He was tied to his trial of silence in New York and unable to campaign as much, although he has rallies scheduled for Wednesday in Wisconsin and Michigan, two battlegrounds in the Midwest.
“Anyone who says they know who, how or when President Trump will choose his vice president is probably wrong, unless that person is named Donald J. Trump,” said Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, on Tuesday night.
Trump forged a relationship with Vance, 39, after Vance supported him in the crowded 2022 Senate primary. More recently, they joined forces in Ohio on behalf of former car dealer Bernie Moreno, who won the GOP Senate primary this year. year, after Trump led a rally in his name in the final days of the race. Vance threw himself into the primaries for courting high-level donors and helping raise money for the rally, organized by the pro-Moreno PAC Buckeye Values.
Moreno will face Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown this fall in what is expected to be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
Ohio is not the presidential swing state it used to be — Trump won it in 2016 and 2020 by 8 percentage points.
Vance said. Sunday on Fox News that he has not spoken to Trump about the vice presidency, but that he would “think seriously about it” if he were asked to join the ticket.
Vance is among several vice presidential candidates scheduled to appear this weekend at a Trump 47 spring retreat in Palm Beach, Florida. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina, governors. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York are also expected at the event.
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