Trump campaign outlines key reasons why Vance was last man standing in VeepStakes: 'Same ilk'

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MILWAUKEE - A Trump campaign spokesperson sat down with Fox News Digital on Monday and explained why Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance was ultimately who Trump selected as his running mate.

"I couldn't be more excited that JD Vance is our vice presidential nominee," Trump 2024 Deputy Communications Director Caroline Sunshine told Fox News Digital.

"You know, President Trump, ever since he came down the escalator in 2015, said, I'm here to fight for the forgotten men and women of America. You look at the RNC platform that our party just put out, that President Trump was intricately involved in drafting, and at the very top, it says, dedicated to the forgotten men and women of America. JD Vance comes from a community of forgotten men and women."

Sunshine explained that Vance, who came from humble beginnings in southwest Ohio, has "lived the American Dream."

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"He has served his country in the Marine Corps," Sunshine continued. "He enlisted in the Marine Corps right after the Twin Towers came down. He has, of course, realized as many in that generation of global war on terror veterans have, that America shouldn't be in endless foreign wars that don't serve its interests. He's completely aligned with President Trump's ambition to make this country wealthy, safe and strong again."

Sunshine said that part of Vance's appeal is that he does