J. D. Vance’s Rough Rollout and Kamala Harris’s Veepstakes

As J. D. Vance faces a bumpy public reception on the Trump ticket and Kamala Harris considers her options for a running mate, the New Yorker staff writers Amy Davidson Sorkin and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss all things Vice-Presidential. In a race as short and tight as this one, what is each campaign communicating with its choice?

This week’s reading:

• “Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate?” by Amy Davidson Sorkin
• “J. D. Vance’s Sad, Strange Politics of Family,” by Jessica Winter
• “J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion,” by Paul Elie

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