 But it does signal a full steam ahead support for the former president's dire vision of an America under attack and an America that's unlikely to exist if he doesn't win this November. Just after the announcement, reporters talked to Kevin Roberts, the president of conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, who's celebrating the pick. In terms of policy, he understands the moment we're in in this country, which is that we have a limited amount of time to implement great policy on behalf of forgotten Americans, someone J.D. Vance personifies.