Donald Trump’s party assailed President Joe Biden’s stewardship of the economy, hours after the Republican standard-bearer selected US Senator JD Vance as his running mate, highlighting a populist message aimed at retaking control of the White House.

Trump’s selection of Vance, 39, also amounts to his anointing an heir apparent to potentially extend the populist orthodoxy that’s reshaped the Republican party going back to his 2016 run.