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Former President Donald Trump tapped JD Vance as his running mate, elevating to the Republican presidential ticket a venture capitalist-turned-senator whose embrace of populist politics garnered national attention and made him a rising star in the party. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former US President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Monday, July 15, 2024\. Former President Donald Trump tapped JD Vance as his running mate, elevating to the Republican presidential ticket a venture capitalist-turned-senator whose embrace of populist politics garnered national attention and made him a rising star in the party. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images—© 2024 Bloomberg Finance LP by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 19, 2024 2:29 AM UTC Donald Trump takes the stage at the Republican National Convention to accept his party's nomination again and give his first speech since an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7000284/watch-donald-trump-accepts-nomination-at-rnc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7000284/watch-donald-trump-accepts-nomination-at-rnc/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Accepts Presidential Nomination at Republican National Convention","datePublished":"2024-07-19T02:29:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:58:47.595Z","description":"Donald Trump takes the stage at the Republican National Convention to accept his party's nomination again and give his first speech since an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.","url":"https://time.com/7000284/watch-donald-trump-accepts-nomination-at-rnc/","keywords":["Donald Trump","News","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95944138baecb58f/698a58e947ca3856023bdc38/GettyImages-2161596451_572ab0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95944138baecb58f/698a58e947ca3856023bdc38/GettyImages-2161596451_572ab0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2024 Republican National Convention","caption":"The 2024 Republican National Convention","creditText":"Bloomberg via Getty Images—© 2024 Bloomberg Finance LP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7000284/watch-donald-trump-accepts-nomination-at-rnc/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump Accepts Presidential Nomination at Republican National Convention"}}]}] ```