 Donald Trump went with someone who lives and breathes MAGA just as much as he does. And what that tells us is that he went with somebody he liked, somebody he trusted. He liked J.D. Vance because he was good on TV. At least that's what Donald Trump thinks. And Vance has been one of the top Republican lawmakers who has been at Trump's side defending him on a number of controversial things over and over again. So he went with Vance for that reason.