Former President Donald Trump announced Friday he was endorsing Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance in the Ohio Republican Senate primary, Axios reported.
In a statement, Trump called Vance "the candidate most qualified and ready to win in November." Trump added that Vance "may have said some not-so-great things about me in the past, but he gets it now."
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