Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance revealed that former President Donald Trump took time to talk with Vance’s seven-year-old son while offering the senator the role of vice president.

Vance talked to Fox News host Sean Hannity on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about receiving Trump’s phone call on Monday evening.

“I hope I’m not betraying too many confidences here, but when the president called me today to actually formally offer me to become, you know, the vice presidential nominee – which sounds crazy – my seven-year-old son was kind of making noise in the background,” Vance told Hannity about the call. “You know, I’m getting so embarrassed, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, Donald Trump is asking me to be his vice president.”

“But then [Trump] actually has me put my seven-year-old son on the phone. If you think about this, everything that’s happened, the guy just got shot at a couple of days ago, and he takes the time to talk to my seven-year-old. It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” Vance said.

Trump picked Vance because the Ohio senator was best suited to help the former president “save this country,” Vance said, relaying Trump’s sentiments on the phone call.

“You can help me govern. You can help me win. You can help me in some of these midwestern states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and so forth,” Vance said.

“He said rightfully that we have been very, very close for a long time, but especially since I endorsed you in 2022, and I would not have won that race without Donald Trump’s endorsement, and the president’s trust then and his partnership since then has been something I value a great deal,” Vance added.

After Trump personally asked Vance to be his vice presidential running mate over the phone, the former president announced his choice on social media.

“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump said, adding that Vance “will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”

Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle said during an interview this week that she will not resign after her agency failed to stop an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend.

Cheatle told ABC News said that she was shocked and concerned after the 20-year-old would-be assassin was able to climb onto a nearby roof and shoot during as he spoke at a rally.

“This is an event that should have never happened,” she said, adding that “the Secret Service is responsible for protection of the former president.”

“The buck stops with me, I am the director of the Secret Service,” she said. “It was unacceptable and it shouldn’t happen again.”

She claimed that she would be transparent and, when asked if she was planning to stay on amid calls to resign, she responded: “I do plan to stay on.”

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Cheatle will testify next week before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee on the attempted assassination, the panel announced on Monday.

Scheduled to take place on Capitol Hill at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, the public hearing will give lawmakers and the American people a chance to hear first-hand about the attack that took place at Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

“The Secret Service has a no-fail mission, yet it failed on Saturday when a madman attempted to assassinate President Trump, killed an innocent victim, and harmed others,” Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a post to X, adding that his panel will “get answers.”

Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.