![PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the first day of the Republican National Convention, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/rnc-80-gty-gmh-240715_1721095605776_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg)
The first day of the Republican National Convention has wrapped up in Milwaukee -- marked with an appearance by former President Donald Trump just two days he was wounded in an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday evening.
Despite the shooting, the gathering of more than 50,000 attendees, including an expected 2,400 Republican delegates, is slated to maintain its original programming as a time to bring the party together -- but now newly energized by Trump's amazing survival and raised-fist show of defiance.
One of the most anticipated moments of Trump's campaign happened Monday when Trump named 39-year-old Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate.