RNC underway in Milwaukee, VP announced
UPDATE (1:48 PM): Former President Donald Trump has clinched the Republican nomination.
During the roll call vote at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, it was the delegation from the state of Florida, with it 125 votes that put Trump over the top.
His son, Eric Trump, made the announcement from the floor, calling his father the greatest president who ever lived.
In addition, after much anticipation, the former president has announced who his vice presidential running mate will be: Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Trump broke the news in a post on his Truth Social account shortly before he became the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
Vance, once a vocal critic of Trump, has become a close and outspoken ally of the former president.
Trump wrote in his post that Vance is "the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States."
The 39-year-old Vance is a first-term Senator, a graduate of Yale Law School, and a Marine Veteran.
No nominee this century has waited until the convention to announce his running mate.
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - The Republican National Convention (RNC) kicks off in Milwaukee Monday, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin amid the tumult that follows an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump as he prepares to become the GOP's official nominee.
Trump is expected to reveal his choice for a running mate Monday as the convention opens. Bret Baier of Fox News reported Monday morning that Trump confirmed those plans to him in a telephone interview.
"Yes, we're going to get the [on Monday]," baier said. "And he said there's other things to come. I don't know what that means."
A Trump campaign official deferred to the interview when asked for comment.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is focused on three finalists: Senator J.D. vance of Ohio, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota.
But the search process has been closely guarded by the former president and top advisers, with everything from timing to the identity of his choice largely up to Trump himself.
