Kaine Says He 'Never Expected' to Become VP Pick

ByMEGHAN KENEALLY ABCNews logo
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Sen. Tim Kaine formally accepted the Democratic nomination as vice president Wednesday, saying that he trusts Hillary Clinton with the life of his son, who is in the military, lacing into Donald Trump.

"I never expected to be here," he said.

Kaine addressed the audience in Spanish briefly when he brought up the year he spent as a volunteer with Jesuits in Honduras, saying that there was an emphasis on "faith, family and work."

Much like former President Bill Clinton's speech last night, Kaine talked about how he met his wife, Anne, in college, using the speech as an opportunity to introduce himself to a national audience.

And in another similarity to Clinton's speech about his wife, Kaine described the "battles I have fought my entire life," citing his work as a civil rights lawyer.

He was officially nominated as the party's nominee after a voice cote on the floor of the convention this afternoon. Clinton announced last Friday that Kaine, a sitting Senator for Virginia, would be her running-mate.

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