Trump mocks J.D. Vance, saying the Ohio GOP candidate is trying to get on his good side - USA TODAY

Vance Saturday, former President Donald Trump mocked him, telling a rally in Ohio that Vance was trying to get into his good graces.

"This is a great person who I've really gotten to know," Trump said of Vance. "Yeah, he said some bad things about me, but that was before he knew me and then he fell in love.

Remember, I said that about Kim Jong Un – he fell in love, and they said, 'Oh, Trump was saying he fell in love.' Actually, he did.".

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Trump last visited Ohio in April to rally supporters behind the "Hillbilly Elegy" author amid a divisive GOP primary that surfaced Vance's past criticisms of the former president.