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Senator JD Vance's interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity attracted twice as many viewers as President Joe Biden's interview with NBC News' Lester Holt Monday night, according to rating data provided to Newsweek.
Biden and Vance both sat down for interviews Monday night at 9 p.m., setting up a direct competition between the two as Vance addressed voters in his first major media appearance after former President Donald Trump named him as his running mate.
Meanwhile, Biden sought to lower political temperatures following a shooting at a Trump rally over the weekend, being investigated as an assassination attempt, and quell concerns about his age from some Democratic voters.
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Data provided to Newsweek by Fox News shows that Vance received double the viewers than Biden.
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Fox News' program Hannity averaged about 6.1 million viewers Monday night, while the Biden interview on NBC News averaged just under 3 million viewers, according to the Nielson tracking data.
Newsweek reached out to Fox News, NBC News, the Biden campaign and Trump campaign for further comment via email.
During his interview, Vance discussed receiving the phone call from the former president offering him the vice president spot on the Republican ticket, while also addressing his past comments about abortion and women, which Democrats quickly moved to highlight after Trump's announcement.
The interview took place at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee where Republicans formally nominated Trump as their presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, Biden discussed a number of issues including a judge dismissing Trump's classified documents criminal case earlier on Monday. He also doubled down on his resistance to calls for him to withdraw from the presidential race following his debate performance against Trump last month.
"I'm on the horse. Where have you been? I've done 22 major events, met thousands of people, overwhelming crowds. A lot's happening. I'm on the horse. What I'm doing is going out and demonstrating to the American people that I have command of all my faculties," Biden said.
Trump announced Vance as his running mate just hours before the interview in a post to Truth Social.
"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 JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump posted.
He wrote that Vance would be "strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond."
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