JD Vance is a relative political unknown. He's been asked to help Donald Trump avenge his loss

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79% : Vance also had another advantage: his chemistry with Trump.
73% : Later in the night, the crowd was more excited as he greeted Trump -- who entered the room with a bandage covering his right ear, injured in Saturday's assassination attempt -- for the ticket's first public appearance.
72% : Trump especially liked Vance's performance on television, where he has become a fixture on conservative media.
67% : Vivek Ramaswamy, once considered a potential Trump running mate as well, described Vance as "a major asset" on the ticket whose evolution on Trump would ultimately help him connect with swing voters.
58% : "Trump is also hopeful Vance can draw from his life story growing up in Appalachia to help appeal to Midwestern voters.
52% : The first-term senator has developed a strong rapport with Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and leading MAGA figures during his recent rise in Republican politics.
50% : ""If you go back and listen to the things that JD Vance said about Trump ... he said some things about me, but see what he said about Trump," Biden told NBC's Lester Holt in an interview Monday.
46% : "Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway, who served as Trump's chief counselor while in the White House, had encouraged Trump to pick a different running mate in the weeks leading up to his announcement.
44% : "Almost any other choice might have expanded the map for them, but Trump needed a candidate who looked like him, talked like him, and thought like him.
40% : "But Trump made up his own mind based on a different set of criteria.
35% : "I'm not sure he helps him in the campaign," said veteran Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, suggesting Vance may be better positioned to help Trump enact his agenda on Capitol Hill if given the chance.
33% : But almost immediately after the Ohio senator was announced as Trump's vice presidential pick on Monday, one thing became clear: Vance, a 39-year-old Republican with less than two years in Congress, is not well-known among many in his party, even in the swing states Trump hopes he'll deliver.
28% : "One of Biden's greatest assets in his campaign against Vance might be what Vance previously said about Trump.
18% : Already, a collection of political foes -- Democrats and Republicans -- is working to fill the void by seizing on Vance's inexperience in government, his nationalist views and his critical comments about Trump himself.
12% : "Because while Trump and Vance have an agenda focused on themselves and their wealthy donor friends, President Biden and Vice President Harris are fighting for the American people.
4% : During the early stages of Trump's political career, Vance cast Trump as "a total fraud," "a moral disaster" and "America's Hitler.

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