Former President Donald Trump took a huge “gamble” by selecting Ohio senator and former venture capitalist J.D. Vance as his running mate in the 2024 election, a White House communications official during the Trump administration told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday. Vance, said Alyssa Farah Griffin, is an effective communicator — but has an army of skeletons in his closet, ranging from extreme political positions to a history of attacks on Trump himself. “It’s a strategic gamble, but I think it speaks to just how confident the Trump campaign is,” said Griffin. Want more breaking political new…