Sen. J.D. Vance (R‑OH) is earning the trust of Donald Trump by returning to what impressed the former president when he auditioned to join his ticket: His comfort in front of reporters and on the cable TV circuit.
Over the weekend, Vance sat for three back-to-back interviews on adversarial networks including CNN. Before that, he took daily questions from reporters in a campaign swing that shadowed Vice President Kamala Harris through the battleground states.
The media blitz helped draw a contrast with Harris, who has taken only limited questions from the press three weeks into her run for president. But it also provided Vance a …