All the times Trump’s VP pick JD Vance has attacked him

Donald Trump has finally announced that JD Vance will be his running mate to take on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election, following months of speculation.

The former president, who narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Saturday when a gunman opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania, unveiled his vice presidential pick on Monday as the Republican National Convention got underway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

For months, Trump has effectively been holding open auditions for the chance to succeed Mike Pence as his deputy, with Ohio Senator Vance, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik all believed to have been in the running at various points.

The process has seen the candidates jostle for Trump’s affections by speaking at his rallies, defending him on cable news and social media and even showing up at his New York hush money trial in a sign of support.

Despite beating out his rivals, Vance hasn’t always been so loyal to Trump.

Here’s all the times that he has spoken out against his running mate:

Back in August 2016, during Trump’s first run for the White House, the Ohio senator told ABC News that he didn’t think Trump was “offering many solutions” to the problems of America’s rural working class.

In a separate interview with Charlie Rose that summer, Vance – who rose to fame as the author of best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy – said that he was “never a Trump guy”.

Then, he went even further, telling Kentucky radio host Matt Jones he considered the businessman “a fraud”.

“I don’t think he actually cares about folks. I think he just recognizes that there