Who is J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president?

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Donald Trump’s vice statesmanlike pick is J.D. Vance, a comparative newcomer to authorities and fierce critic-turned-champion of nan erstwhile president.

“As Vice President, J.D. will proceed to conflict for our Constitution, guidelines pinch our Troops, and will do everything he tin to thief maine MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” Trump wrote successful his societal media announcement connected Monday.

James David Vance, who is 39, is simply a Marine Corps veteran, writer and erstwhile task capitalist from Middletown, Ohio. He has represented nan authorities successful nan U.S. Senate since January 2023.

The Yale Law School postgraduate and finance banker first roseate to nationalist prominence successful 2016 pinch nan publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, a bestselling relationship of his upbringing — and nan plight of nan achromatic moving people — successful Appalachia, plagued by poverty, maltreatment and addiction.

The book, which besides faced its stock of social and humanities critiques, was adapted into a movie successful 2020.

Vance went connected to recovered “Our Ohio Renewal,” a since-shuttered nonprofit pinch attraction areas including acquisition and opioid addiction.

“The occurrence of nan book has fixed maine nan flexibility, but besides I deliberation nan level to talk astir immoderate of nan issues that are astir important to me,” Vance told NPR successful December 2016.

The statement dissolved successful little than 2 years. Next, Vance co-founded a venture superior firm headquartered successful Cincinnati and aimed astatine backing startups successful underserved cities.

Vance’s family

Usha Chilukuri Vance look connected arsenic her hubby is nominated for nan agency of vice president.

The begetter of 3 is joined to his Yale Law classmate Usha Chilukuri Vance, who has antecedently clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of nan U.S. Supreme Court, arsenic good arsenic Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Judge Amul Thapar.

He doesn’t adhd overmuch diverseness to nan Republican summons by measurement of gender aliases race. But arsenic a 39-year-old millennial, he is considerably younger than Trump — and astir of nan vice presidents who person held nan position he’s now seeking.

Vance, who turns 40 connected August 2, would beryllium 1 of nan youngest vice presidents successful U.S. history if elected.

His clip successful nan Senate

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) (C) leaves a Republican Senate convention gathering astatine nan U.S. Capitol up of votes connected February 07, 2024 successful Washington, DC.

In 2021, aft months of hinting astatine his governmental ambitions, Vance launched his bid for nan U.S. Senate.

He won a crowded superior title successful May 2022 pinch nan thief of a last-minute endorsement from Trump, of whom he had erstwhile been unabashedly critical.

Vance went connected to triumph nan wide predetermination and presume his spot successful nan Senate, wherever he has been a starring defender of Trump and many of his policies, including opposing abortion authorities and assistance to Ukraine, calling for stronger separator policies and downplaying nan effects of ambiance change.

If Trump wins nan presidency, Vance would person to resign his spot successful nan U.S. Senate — leaving an unfastened spot successful Ohio. In that case, it would autumn to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to name his successor.

Under Ohio law, nan politician appoints nan personification to capable a vacancy successful nan U.S. Senate until nan adjacent election, which would beryllium successful November 2026.

His history connected Trump

Vance made nary concealed of his dislike for then-candidate Trump while promoting his book successful 2016, calling him such prime insults as “noxious,” “cultural heroin” and “might beryllium America’s Hitler.”

In an August 2016 interview connected NPR’s Fresh Air, Vance said he would either ballot 3rd party, “hold my chemoreceptor and ballot for Hillary Clinton” aliases “write successful my canine because that’s astir arsenic bully arsenic it seems.”

“But I deliberation that I’m going to ballot 3rd statement because I can’t tummy Trump,” he added. “I deliberation that he’s noxious and is starring nan achromatic moving people to a very acheronian place.”

But Vance has dramatically changed his tune complete nan years, condemning his ain criticisms arsenic “stupid” connected nan run way successful 2022. Trump, who has called Vance a “genuine convert” to his cause, seemed to put that checkered history down them erstwhile he endorsed Vance successful nan primary that year.

“Like immoderate others, J.D. Vance whitethorn person said immoderate not truthful awesome things astir maine successful nan past, but he gets it now, and I person seen that successful spades,” Trump said. “He is our champion chance for triumph successful what could beryllium a very reliable race.”

Vance has been a staunch defender of Trump during his clip successful nan Senate, moreover showing up arsenic a surrogate to nan erstwhile president’s hush money proceedings successful New York.

Vance moreover went truthful acold arsenic to blame nan rhetoric of nan Biden administration for Trump’s attempted assassination astatine a Pennsylvania rally complete nan weekend.

Vance, for illustration Trump, denies 2020 predetermination results

In Sen. J.D. Vance, erstwhile President Donald Trump has recovered a chap predetermination denier arsenic his moving mate — one who’s already sown seeds of doubt astir nan upcoming statesmanlike election.

While moving for nan Senate successful 2022, Vance said connected nan run way that he thought nan 2020 predetermination was “stolen from Trump.” And earlier this year, Vance told ABC News he still questions nan results of nan 2020 election.

“Do I deliberation location were problems successful 2020? Yes, I do,” he told George Stephanopoulos successful February.

Vance, who astatine nan clip was being floated arsenic a imaginable vice statesmanlike nominee, besides said that President Joe Biden’s triumph complete Trump should not person been instantly certified.

“If I had been vice president, I would person told nan states, for illustration Pennsylvania, Georgia and truthful galore others, that we needed to person aggregate slates of electors and I deliberation nan U.S. Congress should person fought complete it from there,” Vance said. “That is nan morganatic measurement to woody pinch an predetermination that a batch of folks, including me, deliberation had a batch of problems successful 2020. I deliberation that’s what we should person done.”

Vance connected nan issues

Abortion: Vance describes himself arsenic “pro-life,” but during his 2022 Senate run said he would for illustration nan rumor to beryllium left to nan states.
Aid to Ukraine: Vance is 1 of nan starring legislature Republican voices against U.S. assistance to Ukraine. In an April op-ed, Vance wrote that he “remains opposed to virtually immoderate connection for nan United States to proceed backing this war.”
Immigration: Vance has taken a difficult statement connected immigration; he has often decried a “crisis” astatine nan confederate separator and called for backing and constructing a border wall. Speaking connected Fox News successful June, Vance said he believes nan U.S. should behaviour “large-scale deportations.”

Reaction to his nomination

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and his woman Usha Chilukuri Vance observe arsenic he is nominated for nan agency of Vice President alongside Ohio Delegate Bernie Moreno connected nan first time of nan Republican National Convention astatine nan Fiserv Forum connected July 15, 2024 successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The White House declined to comment connected his tweet pursuing Trump’s VP announcement connected Monday. But nan Biden run was speedy to slam Vance successful a lengthy connection highlighting his views connected abortion, healthcare and January 6.

“Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance arsenic his moving mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn’t connected January 6: crook complete backwards to alteration Trump and his utmost MAGA agenda, moreover if it intends breaking nan rule and nary matter nan harm to nan American people,” said chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.

Elements of this reporting primitively appeared arsenic portion of NPR Network live sum of nan RNC.

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