J.D. Vance: “Have a little bit of faith in the president of the United States.”

He also appealed for Republican unity, while attacking Democrats as the 'party of hatred.

In Doc Marshall, you have a man who devoted his life to delivering babies and making sure that moms and children from every walk of life were safe and had the healthcare that they need.

If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people," he said, "then that's what I'm going to do.

Vance smiled at the lectern, taking it in. Similar friendly outbursts continued throughout his speech, in which he talked about the kind of country he wanted to raise his children in.