Trump’s Running Mate, J.D. Vance
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James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, lawyer, author and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who has been serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is the Republican Party’s nominee for vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election.
After graduating from Middletown High School, Vance served from 2003 to 2007 as a combat correspondent, with six months in Iraq. He then attended Ohio State University, graduating in 2009. He graduated from Yale Law School in 2013. His 2016 bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy got significant press attention during the 2016 election and became a feature film in 2020. In 2021, Vance entered electoral politics as a Republican candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio, which he won defeating the Democratic nominee Tim Ryan. Initially opposed to Donald Trump’s candidacy in the 2016 election, Vance has since become a strong Trump supporter. In July 2024, Trump nominated Vance as his running mate at the Republican National Convention. He is the first Marine veteran to be nominated for vice president.
Vance has been called a neoreactionary, national conservative, and a right-wing populist. He has cited Curtis Yarvin, Rod Dreher, and Patrick Deneen as influences on his ideological views and describes himself as a member of the postliberal right. On social issues, he has promoted strongly conservative policies, opposing abortion, same-sex marriage and gun control and has proposed banning transgender healthcare for minors. Vance differs from mainstream Republican views on market interventions, taxes, the minimum wage, unionization, tariffs, and antitrust policy,[1][2][3][4] while opposing American military aid to Ukraine.
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Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, gave his first speech since he was picked for the Republican ticket. Vance discussed his humble beginnings and the importance of a Trump-Vance ticket for the future of the country, in the video published on July 17, 2024, by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, as “J.D. Vance addresses RNC crowd: FULL SPEECH“, below:
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With J. D. Vance as Trump’s pick for VP, how are the masterminds of the New Right set to shape American politics? Policy strategist and founder of American Compass, Oren Cass, speaks to UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers, in the video published on July 16, 2024, by UnHerd, as “Oren Cass: The philosophy of J.D. Vance“, below:
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J.D. Vance’s keynote address at the second National Conservatism Conference, 11/02/21, in the video published on Nov 10, 2021, by National COnservatism, as “J.D. Vance| The Universities are the Enemy| National Conservatism Conference II“, below:
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Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) delivers a keynote address at the Quincy Institute’s “A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class: Realism & Restraint Amid Global Conflict” conference in Washington D.C. JD Vance challenges the conventional wisdom in foreign policy and military operations, emphasizing the need to prioritize the American middle class’s interests. He argues that the US should build alliances with countries that benefit its own interests, rather than overcommitting to dependent client states. Vance stresses the importance of a strong economy at home to inform and execute a foreign policy that benefits the middle class. The conference was hosted at the Hart Senate Office building on Thursday, May 23 from 10:00am – 2:30pm ET, in the video published on May 28, 2024, by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, as “J.D. Vance on a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class“, below:
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On July 15th, at the RNC, Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator JD Vance as his VP pick for 2024. With JD Vance in the national spotlight, Usha Chilukuri Vance, his wife, is drawing attention for her significant influence. Raised in California to Indian immigrant parents, Usha’s journey—from Yale Law School to the U.S. Supreme Court clerkship—underscores her legal acumen. Her strategic role in JD’s political campaigns reflects her influence, potentially shaping history as a prospective Indian-American Second Lady, in the video published on July 16, 2024, by Briefly, as “Meet Usha Chilukuri Vance: The Force Behind JD Vance’s Rise| Briefly Explained“, below:
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Discover the fascinating life of Usha Vance, wife of JD Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate. From her upbringing in a tight-knit Indian American community to her impressive career as a corporate lawyer, Usha’s journey is one of leadership and diversity. Learn about her achievements at Yale Law School, her role in JD Vance’s bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” and her shift from registered Democrat to supportive Republican spouse. As the race heats up, Usha steps into the spotlight, balancing family and her husband’s political ambitions. Dive into the story behind this remarkable woman, in the video published on July 18, 2024, by The Australian, as “Everything we know about Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s VP pick“, below:
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Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland talks with an MSNBC panel about the candidacy of J.D. Vance, the race for Maryland’s Senate seat, and evidence of President Joe Biden’s having a positive effect in his state, in the video published on July 18, 2024, by MSNBC, as “‘Incredibly dangerous and problematic’: Gov. Moore knocks JD Vance for political ‘shapeshifting‘”, below:
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J.D. Vance chronicles his life and the history and issues of hillbillies in America. Vance, a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, writes about growing up in a poor Rust Belt town and how his family never fully escapes the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma in their lives. Vance paints a broad, passionate, and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans, in the video published on Nov 11, 2016, by Hoover Institution, as “J.D. Vance on his new book Hillbilly Elegy“, below:
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