MILWAUKEE /Wisconsin/, July 18. /TASS/. James David Vance formally accepted the Republican nomination to the post of the US vice president for the upcoming presidential election in the United States.

"I stand here humbled, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude, to say I officially accept your nomination to be vice president of the United States of America," he told the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vance said that if the Republican party wins the polls, it will remain "committed to free speech and the open exchange of ideas." In his opinion, Democrats are afraid "to debate ideas and come to the best solution."

On July 15, Trump announced that he had chosen 39-year-old Ohio Republican Senator James David Vance as his running mate. The latter has served in the US Senate since January 2023. Vance was born on August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio. He served in the US Marine Corps and graduated from Ohio State University and Yale University.

Vance has consistently advocated for an end to Washington's arms deliveries to Kiev and a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Ukraine. In particular, in an interview with The New York Times, he said that Ukraine should be granted neutral status with its borders frozen in their current state.