 With SRN News, I'm John Scott. Donald Trump has officially won the nomination as the Republican candidate for president at the RNC convention in Milwaukee. The former president made that decision on his vice presidential pick. It was announced he had selected Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate. The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.