When you select a page as your blog page, the template that WordPress is looking for is the home.php file.
You should really check out the Template Hierarchy from the WordPress documentation as these things are really WordPress basic knowledge. Check out the Template Hierarchy here: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/
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