J.D. Vance is a 39-year-old first-term senator from Ohio.
The Republican National Convention is officially underway in Milwaukee on Monday -- just two days after Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday evening.
Despite the shooting, the gathering of more than 50,000 attendees, including an expected 2,400 Republican delegates, is slated to maintain its original programming as a time to bring the party together -- but now newly energized by Trump's amazing survival and raised-fist show of defiance.
One of the most anticipated moments of Trump's campaign happened Monday when Trump named 39-year-old Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that Trump has received 2,387 delegate votes -- a unanimous result for the former president -- following the conclusion of the convention roll call.
-ABC News' Jacob Steinberg
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Kentucky would award its delegates to the former president, the tone in the convention center changed from its celebratory mood.
McConnell was joined by his wife, Elaine Chao, Trump’s former transportation secretary who resigned in the wake of Jan. 6, 2021.
The reception to McConnell’s delegate announcement was in marked contrast to the cheers of Trump allies as the party introduced a new-look platform and nominated a man McConnell said had morally failed the nation and invited the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, is stepping down from his position this fall.
Chants of "fight" popped up during the roll call -- a nod to Trump, who could be seen mouthing "fight" and pumping his fist as he was taken off the stage following Saturday's assassination attempt.
Following Delaware's pledging of their votes to Trump, members of its delegation raised their fists in the air and chanted "fight, fight, fight!"
Wyoming delegates have done the same.
Idaho Republican Party chairwoman Dorothy Moon, while announcing delegates for Trump, led delegates in chanting "fight, fight, fight!"
-ABC News' Jacob Steinberg and Tommy Barone
Trump has officially cleared the numerical threshold at which he has locked in the nomination, with a pause in the roll call for celebration.
Florida, his adoptive home state, put him over the edge as his son, Eric Trump, announced the delegates.
-ABC News' Tommy Barone
