 For the greatest president that's ever lived, and that's Donald J. Trump. Trump also announced his running mate, naming first-term Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a 39-year-old staunch Trump ally who was once an outspoken Trump critic, before embracing his policies to help secure a Senate seat in 2022. Outside, hundreds have participated in the March on the RNC, protesting what organizers called the racist and reactionary agenda of the Republican Party.