MILWAUKEE (NEWSnet/AP) — Republicans on Wednesday formally welcomed JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate.

Vance, the 39-year-old Ohio senator, used the national spotlight to blend his working-class Appalachia roots with Trump's economic populism and nationalism.

Vance blasted Wall Street and “multinational corporations.” He hailed Trump as a man who will “stand up for American companies” and “union and nonunion” workers. He talked of raising wages, battling China in the global marketplace and making other nations foot the military bill for international security and stability.

The senator chided Biden for his support of international trade deals and foreign war during the president’s time as a U.S. senator.

“At each step of the way ... jobs were sent overseas and our children were sent to war,” said Vance, who has opposed U.S. aid to Ukraine.

During the first two days of the convention, RNC programming largely sidestepped any mention of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Peter Navarro ended that streak.

Navarro, a former Trump White House adviser, walked onto the stage in Milwaukee to an extended ovation, following completion of a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

“You folks just want to know if you can see my MAGA tattoo I got there,” he said jokingly, before unleashing a string of attacks on Democrats.

He referred to “The Department of Injustice.” Some delegates chanted, “Let them go! Let them go!” in  reference to hundreds of people convicted for involvement in the Capitol incident.

“If they can come for me, if they can come for Donald Trump — be careful, they will come for you,” Navarro said.

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