 Indiana Republican Senator Mike Braun says that former President Donald Trump made an exceptional pick by making J.D. Vance his vice presidential running mate. Braun said Tuesday that he first met Vance back when his book hit the shelves and said that he was impressed by his ideas and optimism for revitalizing the industrial Midwest. Vance wrote the bestseller Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir of his experiences growing up in poverty.