 Fox News alert. The running mate announced timely Cilicera. Donald Trump has chosen Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his pick for vice president. Before politics and even college, Vance spent four years in the Marines serving in Iraq, later earning an undergrad degree from Ohio State and a law degree from Yale. Vance, who turns 40 next month, was once a critic of Donald Trump, telling a journalist in 2016, quote,