In the weeks before former US president Donald Trump announced his vice presidential pick, some of tech’s biggest names launched a quiet campaign to push for one of their own: Ohio senator J.D. Vance.

The former president fielded repeated calls from tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, Vance’s former employer and mentor, imploring him to add the one-time Silicon Valley investor to the ticket, according to three people familiar with the entreaties.

Washington Post