 News. I'm Chris Foster. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance got the phone call from former President Trump not long before the announcement that he's the running mate. I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but President Trump was a great president and he changed my mind. I think he changed the minds of a lot of Americans. Senator Vance with Fox's Sean Hannity. The former president appeared at the Republican convention in Milwaukee with his right ear bandaged.