Article originally appeared on thefederalist.com.
J.D. Vance was the best person that Donald Trump could pick to be his vice-presidential running mate. This is not because he served honorably in the military, attended Yale University, shows great intelligence, or understands the plight of the working class after growing up poor in small-town Ohio, although all these qualities are certainly helpful. Vance’s main virtue is that, at 39 years old, he is a true millennial.
Being part of the same generational cohort (I’m the same age as Vance), I’m well aware of how millennials are characterized. In his books The Dumbest Generation and its sequel The Dumbest Generation Grows Up, English professor Mark Bauerlein laments that the millennials are largely ignorant, lazy, boorish, emotionally fragile, shallow, and narcissistic. They have grown up with the internet and Marvel movies and thus developed no patience or empathy, which in turn has stunted …
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