Fox News Host Trashes Trump For Picking Vance As VP

According to Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume, voters may question Sen. J.D. Vance's suitability for the vice presidency after he retracted his previous criticisms of Donald Trump and became one of Trump's staunchest supporters.

On Monday, the former president announced Vance as his running mate on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Vance, a venture capitalist and author of the bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy, began his elected office tenure in January 2023. Previously, he was a vocal critic of Trump, comparing him to Hitler and accusing him of being a habitual sexual offender.

“I don’t think it’s gonna be significant one way or the another, frankly,” Fox News contributor Karl Rove said about Trump's selection. “I think he’s picked somebody that he thinks and his family thinks are gonna be able to carry on his legacy in 2028. I don’t think this is a pick that’s gonna have significant impact.”

Hume interjected, emphasizing Vance's strong past criticisms of Trump:

"Some people may look at this and remember what J.D. Vance used to say about Donald Trump. He was a hardcore never-Trumper many years ago and he reversed himself completely not that long ago. And one of the things you worry about is, when somebody’s making a pick for a potential president – potential president if something happens to him – then you think, well, is this person, how did he get the job? Did he get it because he was really the best qualified to be president? Or did he get it because he sucked up effectively to the nominee? People will have questions about that."