On Monday, JD Vance was announced to be the vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party. Overnight, he went from a brand-new senator with an acclaimed memoir to Donald Trump’s right-hand man and the MAGA movement’s most likely successor.

At 39 years old, he also brings down the average age on the Republican ticket. If elected, he’d be one of the youngest vice presidents ever. He isn’t a traditional pick, which is probably one of the reasons Trump picked him.

I’m not a fan of Vance, but it makes sense to me that Trump picked the Ohio senator as his running mate. Picking the young guy is a twofold decision.

On one hand, it appeases voters who are concerned the country is heading into a gerontocracy. It also allows Trump to handpick the party’s next presidential candidate and someone who is ready to bend the knee.

It’s no secret that President Joe Biden and Trump are old. It’s all anyone has been able to talk about since their disastrous June debate.

Biden is 81. Trump is 78. The two men were the oldest candidates in U.S. history to debate each........

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