Vance reveals the moment Trump asked him to be on the ticket as he speaks for the first time since nomination

JD Vance says that when Donald Trump called him to offer him the position of his running mate, the former president spoke to his 7-year-old son, and that it was a moment he would “never forget.”

The Ohio senator – who was announced as Trump’s pick for vice president on Monday – said that even being considered for the role had been “an honor.”

The announcement was made by Trump on his social media platform Truth Social, shortly before he was confirmed as the GOP nominee at the Republican National Convention, which is underway in Wisconsin.

In his first interview since being named as Trump’s running mate, the 39-year-old former Marine described the “crazy” moment Trump called.

“When the President called me today to actually formally offer me to become the vice presidential nominee, which sounds crazy, my 7-year-old son was sort of making noise in the background,” he told Fox News pundit Sean Hannity on Monday night.

He continued: “I’m getting so embarrassed. It’s like, ‘oh my God, Donald Trump’s asking me to be his vice president’ – this is the call, or maybe not the call, or maybe it’s a bad call, right? It’s the call. Who knows whether it’s good or bad.

“But then he actually has me put my 7-year-old son on the phone. You think about this, everything that’s happened. The guy just got shot at a couple of days ago, and he takes the time to talk to my 7-year-old.

“It’s a moment I’ll never forget.” Vance said. He added that Trump had told him he was going to “save the country” and that he was “the guy who could help him win.”

Vance was known for, at one time, being staunchly anti-Trump, having reportedly called him a “cynical a-hole” and even “America’s Hitler” in 2016. When quizzed directly on his remarks, Vance said he had