Presidential candidate Donald Trump has announced that Ohio Senator J.D. Vance will be his running mate in the 2024 US presidental elections.

CNN reported that a person familiar with the decision said it was made partly due to concerns that one of the show's many guests over its four-hour broadcast "might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole."

The Republican convention is set to proceed as planned, despite the assassination attempt. The party platform emphasizes the Abraham Accords, the Iron Dome, and calls for European spending on defense.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the ruling on Monday, stating that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution. Many legal experts had considered the classified documents case to be the strongest among the four pending cases against Trump.