j.d vance

James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was announced and nominated as Donald Trump's running mate on the Republican ticket for the 2024 United States presidential election during the 2024 Republican National Convention, making him the first millennial on a major party presidential ticket in the United States.
Born in Middletown, Ohio, Vance served in the Marine Corps before studying political science and philosophy at Ohio State University and earning a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He came to prominence with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which describes his upbringing in Middletown and his family's Appalachian values. It became a New York Times bestseller and later a film, and attracted significant press attention during the 2016 United States presidential election.
Vance was originally a critic of Trump, writing a critical piece against him in 2016 in The Atlantic against him and referred to him as "America's Hitler" in private correspondence. Vance later became a supporter of Trump during his presidency. Vance launched his first political campaign in 2021 to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate. He won the Republican nomination with Trump's support and Democratic nominee Tim Ryan in the general election.

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