 There were tricklings of news here at the RNC of who the choice might not be. We first heard that Marco Rubio got a call saying it would not be him. Then we heard Doug Burgum of North Dakota was told it would not be him. So one could only assume that it was going to be J.D. Vance. And then just after 3 o'clock Eastern time, Donald Trump went on his social media platform, Truth Social, to announce that his pick for vice president is Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.