 The former president sporting a bandage on his injured ear entering the arena as Lee Greenwood sang God Bless the USA. Earlier in the day, he accepted his party's official nomination and also picked his running mate. Former President Donald Trump on Truth Social saying that after lengthy deliberation and thought and considering the tremendous talents of many others that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the great state of Ohio.