Trump names J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate

NEW YORK – With former President Donald Trump choosing J.D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate, and assuming President Joe Biden stays in the race, one thing’s for certain about the next iteration of the executive branch: A Catholic will be first or second in command.

On the Republican ticket, Vance is Catholic. He was baptized and received into the Catholic Church in 2019. And of course, on the Democratic ticket Biden is a lifelong Catholic. If Trump is elected in November, Vance...