https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/11/22/elias-vances-bay-area-connections-all-but-guaranteed-him-his-veep-post/ > An old saying tells us “no one votes for the vice president in a presidential election, just for the president.” The quick ascension of Californian Kamala Harris to her party’s presidential nomination last summer, though, demonstrates how vital the choice can be, a decision usually made solely by prospective presidential nominees. > So it was this year with Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio’s Republican U.S. Sen. JD (for James David) Vance. It’s pretty clear that Walz calling Republican President-elect Donald Trump and his choice of Vance “weird” first propelled him into Harris’ consciousness.