text:  Basically, you know, ground zero for Trump's unique appeal to white working class voters that won him the election in 2016, put him over the edge in the Electoral College and has in many ways reshaped American politics. Now, of course, J.D. Vance wasn't never Trump or Trumper back in 2016. But today he's one of probably the strongest messengers Trump has for his worldview and his pitch to a different Republican politics.