‘Three black trucks with US government plates’ are mysteriously spotted at Trump VP contender’s home sparking rumors they have won the veepstakes

On Saturday, three black trucks with U.S. government plates were spotted at the home of Ohio Senator JD Vance, a suspected vice presidential candidate.

Aides have said Vance, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. Marco Rubio are on a shortlist of three as they make his announcement ahead of the Republican Party convention next week.

Vance, a big favorite with Trump’s MAGA base, noted the extra security at his home after the assassination attempt on Trump, which the former president miraculously survived. Vance blamed Joe Biden for the rhetoric that led to it.

Some speculated on social media When they saw the black trucks, they looked like Secret Service agents. Many wondered if Vance had officially won the vice presidential election.

Trump is expected to make the announcement this week during the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee.

While it remained unclear why the extra security was requested, a report stated that it was not the Secret Service and had nothing to do with whether Vance would become Trump’s vice president.

“A source familiar with us says it is NOT the Secret Service, that it has nothing to do with the vice presidential election and that the presence is strictly precautionary after yesterday,” NBC News reported.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine would only say that agents from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and ATF were sent to Vance’s home, according to WLWT.

The request was approved around 6:40 p.m. local time on Saturday afternoon, about 25 minutes after Trump was shot.

“For security reasons, the patrol does not discuss specific details regarding security operations,” OSHP said in a statement.

It is unclear whether the other alleged favorites for the VP nomination sent security to their homes, or whether the same security was also sent to their fellow Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio.

A spokesman for DeWine, like Vance a Republican, would not say whether there was a specific threat against the senator or what the reason was.

Vance has not yet publicly commented on the security.

He has been seen in recent days as a possible candidate to be Trump’s running mate, after it was confirmed that Trump’s son Don Jr., who is an ally of Vance, would give a speech at the party conference before the vice presidential nominee.

Supporters including Trump Jr. and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson say he has deep ties to the Rust Belt states that could decide the election, a personal history that embodies the American dream and the kind of TV skills essential to the president’s top campaign advocate.

Critics accuse him of being a political chameleon who betrays his Never Trump credentials as soon as he takes office.

Either way, it’s an extraordinary development for a 39-year-old who grew up in the grinding poverty of southern Ohio, home to his heroin-addicted mother and fierce grandmother.

His 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, brought him literary and political fame and established his reputation as the kind of white, working-class author who could make sense of Trump and his appeal to the incomprehensible liberal and conservative establishments.

The book painted a compelling portrait of a forgotten American, but also warned that Trump himself was like an opioid, an “easy escape from pain.”

As opponents have gleefully noted, he repeatedly criticized Trump while promoting his first book, describing himself as a “Never Trump Man” and explaining in a New York Times piece why the New York real estate developer and TV star was “unfit for our nation’s highest office.”

Vance has become one of Trump’s most visible defenders on television and a hero to the radical MAGA movement with its message of “America first” economic nationalism.

Whether or not he is named Trump’s running mate, he is expected to play a key role at this week’s RNC as the former president attempts to take a once-implausible step toward uniting the country in the wake of the shooting.

Trump flew to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Sunday night to show his defiance and demonstrate that he is back at work.

On Sunday, he called world leaders, journalists and allies before announcing that the attack would not disrupt his busy schedule.

But at the same time, aides have quietly indicated that the convention — expected to be a raucous, Democratic-leaning coronation of the nominee — will be a more subdued affair.

Starting with the President’s own speech.

“The speech I was supposed to give on Thursday was going to be a cracker,” he told the Washington Examiner.

“If this hadn’t happened, this would have been one of the most incredible speeches, especially focused on President Joe Biden’s policies.

“To be honest, it’s going to be a very different speech now,” he added.

He is expected to make his first public appearance on Monday, when he may (or may not) announce his vice presidential pick ahead of his big speech on the final night of the convention.