Vice presidents serve as principal advisors to the president. The functions of the VP greatly depend on the relationship they have with the Head of State.
The VP is elected along with the president by the Electoral College. Each elector casts one vote for President and another for Vice President.
The primary responsibility of the Vice President of the United States is to be ready at a moment’s notice.
So, who’s Kamala’s choice, Tim Walz, 60 years old, born in a small town in rural Nebraska. Walz was first elected as governor in 2018 and was later re-elected in 2022, Making him Minnesota’s 41st Governor.
Some accomplishments from his time as governor include providing universal free school meals for students, protecting reproductive freedom and laying the groundwork to get Minnesota to 100% clean electricity by 2040.
Walz served a total of 24 years in the Army National Guard, which is the oldest component of the US Armed Forces and serves as the primary combat reserve of the US Army. After serving, Tim then eventually accepted a high school teaching and coaching position.
JD Vance, Trumps Vice President, also served in the US Military. He spent four years in the US Marine Corps and was deployed to Iraq for around six months in 2005 as a military journalist.
“I’m never a Trump guy. I never liked him”. Said by Vance on Twitter and 2016. Now just a few years later, Vance has reshaped himself into one of his strongest Devotees.
JD Vance, 40, has been a United States Senator since 2023. Vance has been characterised as a national conservative, and he describes himself as a member of the postliberal right.
Vance’s political beliefs include opposition to abortion, gun control and LGBTQ+ rights.
Other than political focused jobs, Vance is also an author of the bestselling book, Hillbilly Elegy, as well as a businessman who started a business dedicated to growing jobs and opportunity in the American Heartland.