JD Vance rallies voters in his hometown hours after Biden exits presidential race

Donald Trump's pick for vice president, JD Vance, hit the campaign trail on Monday, less than 24 hours after President Biden announced he was dropping out of the race for a second term in office.

Vance began his day hosting a campaign rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where he linked Vice President Kamala Harris to the "worst president in history," and said that he was just as shocked as most people were to hear the news that he was dropping out of the presidential race.

"You know, I was hanging out with my kids yesterday. We were actually at the swimming pool, and somebody brought over their phone and showed me the news that Joe Biden had announced he was dropping out of this race. And look, I don't like Joe Biden and I don't like his policies. And I'm not a Democrat primary voter. I never have been, and I never will be unless this goes really wrong, ladies and gentlemen," Vance recalled.

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"I imagine most of you did not vote for Joe Biden. If you did, welcome aboard. We're glad to have you," Vance said.

Vance went on stating that what is happening now is a threat to democracy.

"The idea of selecting the Democrat Party's nominee because George Soros and Barack Obama and a couple of elite Democrats got in a smoke-filled room and decided to throw Joe Biden overboard. That is not how it works. That is a threat to democracy, not the Republican Party, which is fighting for democracy every single day," Vance said.

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Vance continued saying that he really believes that most Americans are fundamentally good, whether they're Democrat, Republican or