MILWAUKEE, WI — After weeks of speculation on who will be his running mate, Donald Trump announced that Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance is his choice to run as vice president on the 2024 Republican ticket, CNN reported. The campaign confirmed the choice.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Vance, 39, served in the U.S. Marines, graduated from Yale Law School and wrote the bestselling book “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was one of three top contenders for the job, along with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vance. All three men are expected to speak this week at the convention, as is former rival Gov. Ron DeSantis, The Associated Press reported.
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The announcement came on the heels of an assassination attempt on the former president during a Saturday rally in Pennsylvania that left an innocent bystander and the shooter dead, and two others hospitalized.
In 2022, Rubio won his third term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Democrat U.S. House Rep. Val Demings. He is the first Florida Republican to win three terms in the U.S. Senate, according to NBC News.
Rubio is also the longest-serving Hispanic elected official in the state.
In the weeks ahead of the GOP national convention, which began Monday in Milwaukee and runs through Thursday, Rubio was called a top contender for the VP selection by political watchers.
The vice-presidential pick is set to speak on Wednesday, according to the convention schedule. Trump has said he planned a dramatic reveal of his vice president at the convention to make it more “exciting.”
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“It’s like a highly sophisticated version of ‘The Apprentice,’” he quipped in a radio interview last week, referring to the show he once hosted that featured him firing contestants on camera.
One complication with Rubio joining the ticket would have been that the Constitution requires presidential and vice presidential candidates to come from different states, meaning Rubio might have to change his official residency, Florida Politics reported.
Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, told ABC News that “none of Florida’s 30 electoral votes may be cast this December for both Trump and Rubio unless Rubio or Trump ‘ceases to be an inhabitant’ of Florida before Dec. 17, 2024,” which is when the electoral college votes.
Tribe said Rubio could still keep his Senate seat even if he does change his Florida residency because the Constitution says a senator must be an “Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen,” and Rubio lived in Florida when elected in 2022.
Some pundits have suggested Rubio could change his residency to Florida, where his family lived when he was a child.
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Rubio, 53, the son of two immigrants from Cuba, was born in Miami. Before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, Rubio served as a city commissioner in West Miami and as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
Rubio married his wife, Jeanette, in 1998. They have four children: Amanda, Daniella, Anthony, and Dominick.
He is the vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The consideration of Rubio to the Trump ticket seems to signal their contentious relationship during the 2016 presidential race, when the former president regularly called the shorter senator “Little Marco,” has been set aside.
Rubio then told supporters at a rally that Trump was always calling him “little Marco” but that Trump has disproportionately small hands. “Have you seen his hands? … And you know what they say about men with small hands,” Rubio said. “You can’t trust them.”
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Trump then brought up the comment at a televised debate on March 3, 2016, AP reported.
“Look at those hands. Are they small hands? And he referred to my hands — if they’re small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee you,” he said.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lionel Messi scored twice in a four-goal second half, defender Telasco Segovia added a goal and two assists and defending champion Inter Miami CF rallied to beat Orlando City SC 4-2 on Sunday night, winning for the first time at Inter&Co Stadium.
Messi took a pass from Segovia and scored in the 57th minute to tie it 2-2, and Segovia scored unassisted in the 85th for the lead. Messi put the finishing touch on the victory when he scored off a free kick in the 90th.
“The victory belongs exclusively to the players,” Miami coach Javier Mascherano said after the game. “In the second half, they were a championship team. There were no tactics, nothing like that. There was heart, courage, possession, resilience, commitment. I think the team came out because they were champions last year.
“In the end, the players showed it. This victory is theirs.”
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Messi’s first two goals of the season give him 52 in his first 55 regular-season MLS matches — 51 of them in his past 49 appearances. It also brought the reigning MLS MVP to 898 career goals scored, including 672 for Barcelona and 115 for Argentina.
“He’s the best player to ever play this sport. He’s a leader, and as a leader, he inspires others, but he also often needs to be inspired himself,” Mascherano said of Messi. “When he was driving forward, he had more attacking options, and with so many opportunities, he clearly has the ability to create chances like no one else, and that’s what allowed us to turn the game around.”
Marco Pašalić took a pass from Iván Angulo and scored in the 18th minute to give Orlando City a 1-0 lead. Pašalić has scored in four straight matches against Inter Miami.
Inter Miami players celebrate after scoring a goal against Orlando City in MLS.
Defender Griffin Dorsey set up Martín Ojeda for a goal six minutes later for a 2-0 advantage that stood through halftime.
Inter Miami cut it to 2-1 four minutes into the second half on Mateo Silvetti’s first career goal. Defenders Segovia and Facundo Mura had assists as the 20-year-old forward found the net in his fifth career appearance.
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Segovia had eight goals and six assists as a rookie last season, while Mura collected his first assist in his first season.
Dayne St. Clair, the reigning goalkeeper of the year, turned away three shots — all in the second half of his second start with Inter Miami, but let in a soft goal for Orlando’s first.
Maxime Crépeau had four saves in his second start for Orlando City.
Teenager Colin Guske, 19, will miss Orlando City’s next match after the rookie picked up two yellow cards in his first start — the second one led to his exit in the 88th minute.
Inter Miami, which had never won in its previous nine trips to Orlando, was coming off a 3-0 road loss to LAFC.
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Orlando City swept Inter Miami during the regular season last year and leads the all-time series 8-7-4.
Inter Miami plays D.C. United on Saturday at Audi Field. Orlando City is also on the road with a match against New York City FC.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this recap.
Rain floods Miami Beach streets, cut short Miami Heat Family Festival
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Much-needed rain fell across South Florida on Sunday, but the downpour quickly led to flooding and traffic headaches.
“The drainage systems aren’t the best but in ten minutes it will be gone,” one person said.
The rain lasted longer than 10 minutes, flooding several spots along Collins Avenue in Miami Beach.
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In one neighborhood, at least a foot of water blocked the entrance. Drivers who attempted to pass through sent waves crashing onto nearby sidewalks.
The heavy rain also snarled traffic on parts of Interstate 95 and on the bridges to and from Miami Beach, slowing drivers trying to get around the area.
“It’s Miami for you. What do they call it, a sun shower?” one driver said.
The weather disrupted Sunday plans for many. The 26th annual Miami Heat Family Festival was cut short after strong winds swept through Dan Paul Plaza, knocking over several tents.
There is no word yet on how or when the Miami Heat plan to make up the family festival.
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Jack and Jill of America’s Miami chapter closed out Black History Month with an inaugural “Roots Across Waters” trip to Nassau, where families explored ancestral sites, honored the Bahamian labor that helped build early Miami, and donated Afro‑Caribbean children’s books to local students.
