 I officially accept your nomination to be vice president of the United States of America. J.D. Vance, the main event as he accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination on the third night of his party's national convention. Correspondent Matt Piper is in Milwaukee. The 39-year-old gave a background on where he's from and how he grew up in Middletown, Ohio. A small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands, and loved their God, their family, their community, and their country with their whole hearts.