JD Vance

2024 - 7 - 15

From Harsh Critic to MAGA Champion: The Rise of JD Vance as Trump's VP Pick

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Discover how JD Vance, the Ohio senator and author, transformed from a 'never-Trumper' to Donald Trump's VP pick for the 2024 election. Read on to find out more about this unexpected political journey!

JD Vance, the junior senator from Ohio, has made headlines as Donald Trump's surprising choice for vice president in the upcoming presidential election. Vance, known for his memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy,' rose to fame by sharing his challenging upbringing and later transitioned from a 'never-Trumper' to a Maga champion, aligning with Trump's ideals. This unexpected move by Trump has stirred both support and criticism, showcasing Vance's evolving political stance.

Trump's announcement of Vance as his running mate on social media has sparked discussions across the political spectrum. The former US marine and bestselling author's selection has caught many by surprise, especially given Vance's previous criticisms of Trump, including labeling him as an 'idiot.' However, Vance's willingness to shift his stance and embrace Trump's ideologies has now solidified his position as a key figure in the Republican Party.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine expressed his thoughts on Vance's vice presidential candidacy, highlighting the significance of this decision within the state. The choice of Vance as Trump's running mate reflects a strategic move by the former president to appeal to a broader base of supporters. With the Republican National Convention approaching, all eyes are on Vance and his role alongside Trump in the upcoming election campaign.

In a surprising turn of events, Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate signifies a shift in the Republican Party as it rallies behind Trump's MAGA messaging. Vance's background as a venture capitalist and bestselling author adds a unique dynamic to the ticket, setting the stage for an interesting and potentially game-changing election season.

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Who is Trump's vice president pick, JD Vance? (BBC News)

The junior senator from Ohio shot to fame writing about his hard upbringing and morphed from a 'never-Trumper' into a Maga champion.

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Trump announces 39-year-old senator JD Vance as his VP pick (News24)

Donald Trump on Monday named right-wing Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate in the US presidential election, rewarding a one-time harsh critic who ...

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Donald Trump picks Ohio senator JD Vance as 2024 running mate (Financial Times)

Former US marine and author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' once described ex-president as an 'idiot'

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Who is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump's pick for ... (ABC News)

“Hillbilly Elegy” also introduced Vance to the Trump family. Donald Trump Jr. loved the book and knew of Vance when he went to launch his political career. The ...

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Trump picks Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his Republican running ... (Aljazeera.com)

Trump unveils his pick on social media as supporters gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

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Trump selects Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate (CNN)

US Sen. JD Vance, a venture capitalist and the author of the best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” was elected to the Senate in 2022.

Governor DeWine Issues Statement on the Choice of Ohio Senator ... (Governor Mike DeWine)

The following is a statement from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on the choice of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as President Trump's running mate:

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Trump names Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as vice presidential running mate (NPR)

Sen. Vance's selection as Trump's VP comes as the Republican Party leans into the former president's MAGA messaging that has fired up the party's base — yet ...

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Who is JD Vance, Trump's pick for US vice president? (Aljazeera.com)

Donald Trump has chosen Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate as the former US president looks to return to the White House.

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JD Vance, Trump's VP pick, has opposed abortion and LGBTQ+ rights (The 19th News)

The first-term senator from Ohio has also taken particular aim at prominent Democrats who do not have children, arguing that political leaders should have a ...

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Who is J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president (NPR)

The father of three is currently the junior senator of Ohio, and author of the 2016 memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy', a New York Times bestseller.

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Trump VP pick JD Vance aims to balance Israel support with ... (The Times of Israel)

Freshman senator rejects US 'micromanaging' Israel on overhaul, Gaza war; after once likening him to Hitler, Vance now defends Trump for claiming Jewish ...

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Who is JD Vance, Trump's pick for VP? (CBS News)

Sen. JD Vance has experienced a quick rise to political power, given that he was virtually unknown before 2016.

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'Hillbilly Elegy': JD Vance's rise to vice presidential candidate began ... (ABC News)

At the heart of JD Vance's journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.”

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What J.D. Vance told Jake Tapper about Donald Trump in 2016 ... (CNN)

Before his days as a senator, J.D. Vance was known as an author from Ohio who wrote “Hillbilly Elegy”. He spoke with Jake Tapper about his book and why it ...

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Why Trump picked JD Vance as his running mate (BBC News)

In 2016, when Donald Trump picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, it was widely viewed as an effort to court evangelical Christian voters ...

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'I've never liked him': See how JD Vance changed his tune on Trump ... (CNN)

Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been formally nominated to become Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election. But back in 2016, he was a fierce ...

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The divisive JD Vance has become Trump's VP and America feels ... (The Independent)

We are both Appalachians, with eerily similar working-class backgrounds which JD Vance wrote about in his bestselling book Hillbilly Elegy.

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More focus on China, less help for Ukraine: what a JD Vance vice ... (The Conversation US)

As Trump's vice presidential pick, Vance's foreign policy views could prove similarly influential if the former president is re-elected in November. So, what ...

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In pictures: Trump running mate JD Vance (CNN)

Former President Donald Trump has selected US Sen. JD Vance as his running mate, Trump announced on social media Monday.

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Bay Area RNC delegates ecstatic about Trump's VP pick JD Vance ... (KGO-TV)

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California has sent the largest delegation to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. On Monday, many of them applauded ...

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What do Illinois Republicans think of Trump running mate JD Vance? (NBC Chicago)

The first day of the Republican National Convention brought the news GOP voters across the country were waiting to hear: Former President Donald Trump has.

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With J.D. Vance As Vice President, Trump Puts the New Right on the ... (POLITICO Magazine)

Vance As Vice President, Trump Puts the New Right on the Ballot. Are Republican voters ready for his nerdy radicalness?

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JD Vance: Donald Trump's vice president pick suggests UK is 'first ... (Sky News)

Mr Vance - who once described Mr Trump as an "idiot" and "America's Hitler" - made the comments about the UK at the National Conservatism conference last ...

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Labour rejects JD Vance 'first Islamist country with nuclear weapons ... (The Guardian)

Deputy PM Angela Rayner says she does not recognise Donald Trump running mate's 'characterisation' of Britain.

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JD Vance's world: Where does Trump VP pick stand on Israel ... (Aljazeera.com)

Vance backs full support for Israel in Gaza, but wants caution with Iran, focus on China and less support for Ukraine.

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Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance called U.K. 'Islamist country' (POLITICO.eu)

New Labour government figures had made overtures to Donald Trump's running mate — and have rejected his suggestion.

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Who is J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president? (Alaska Public Media News)

The father of three is currently the junior senator of Ohio, and author of the 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," a New York Times bestseller.

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What J.D. Vance really thinks about Europe (POLITICO.eu)

From Brussels to Berlin to Budapest, Trump's VP pick hasn't been shy about offering his thoughts.

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'The election was stolen': JD Vance in quotes (Financial Times)

Donald Trump's running mate opposes abortion and aid to Ukraine and says he would not have certified results of 2020 vote.

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Inside J.D. Vance's Washington life (Axios)

Vance, an Appalachian turned Alexandrian, is now former President Trump's running mate, and we wanted to dig into the Ohio senator's local Washington persona.

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I'm from Appalachia. JD Vance doesn't represent us – he only ... (The Guardian)

Hillbilly Elegy perpetuates a stereotyped representation of Appalachia, one in which people like me don't exist.

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Drinking With J.D. Vance (Tablet Magazine)

'Israel is a country and a nation that doesn't hate its own fucking people'

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Who is J.D. Vance, Trump's VP pick? And, an R&B jam addresses ... (NPR)

Former President Donald Trump has selected Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate for the presidential election. Here's more about him.

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Who is Usha Vance? JD Vance's wife is a lawyer and daughter of ... (NBC News)

Donald Trump's VP pick, JD Vance, is married to an Indian American woman with a history of voting in Democratic primaries.

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JD Vance pick adds to European fears over Trump presidency (BBC News)

European politicians and diplomats had already prepared for changes to their relationship with the US in the event of a second Donald Trump presidency.

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Where JD Vance Stands on Key Issues: Abortion, Israel and More (The New York Times)

Like Donald J. Trump, the Ohio senator has been skeptical of American intervention overseas and argues that raising tariffs will create new jobs.

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Before he was Donald Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance was U.S. ... (Texas Tribune)

Cornyn said Vance was “smart” and “well spoken,” praising former President Donald Trump for selecting him as a running mate.

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What JD Vance has said about U.S. foreign policy amid the war in ... (CBS News)

Here's a look at what Ohio Senator JD Vance, former President Trump's running mate, has said about some of the major international issues they would have to ...

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Where J.D. Vance stands on key issues (NPR)

Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who once called former Donald Trump “America's Hitler” but is now one of his most vocal supporters in Congress, has been named ...

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J.D. Vance will chide Europe — that's it … for now (POLITICO.eu)

US vice presidents are doomed to marinate as a mouthpiece for their boss. But if they bide their time, power may come.

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JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion and domestic ... (The 19th News)

Trump's vice presidential nominee accused the media of twisting controversial comments about violent marriages and abortion exemptions.

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Trump's VP Pick Wrote a Bestselling Memoir. Rereading It Now Is ... (Slate Magazine)

Vance's bestselling memoir, 2016's Hillbilly Elegy, is its scorching descriptions of the lies that the working-class rural white Americans he grew up among tell ...

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Where does JD Vance stand on key economic issues? (CBS News)

JD Vance, who grew up poor in Ohio but later became a millionaire venture capitalist, aligns closely with Donald Trump on issues like trade and jobs.

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Column: I know what a true hillbilly is, and it's not J.D. Vance (Los Angeles Times)

Vance cast his fellow Appalachians as stuck and embittered with a country that moved on without them. My Mexican hillbilly family never had time to whine ...

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Why Europe looks at Trump's VP pick with anxiety (CNN)

Many of America's allies were already dreading the prospect of Donald Trump's return to the White House. With JD Vance as his running mate, they potentially ...

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Analysis | J.D. Vance's vocal admiration for Orban's Hungary tells its ... (The Washington Post)

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, consider the party's transformation into one of the world's leading illiberal nationalist movements.

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US allies grapple with J.D. Vance (Politico)

There's panic, uncertainty, and some protestations that Vance won't really pull the country back from Ukraine and the world.

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WATCH: How RNC delegates are reacting to JD Vance (PBS NewsHour)

In less than a decade, JD Vance has had a meteoric rise from bestselling author to elected official to possible vice president.

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LGBTQ flags and quinoa: The liberal Va. enclave where J.D. Vance ... (The Washington Post)

One resident said he's okay with the senator living in the neighborhood because “it says a lot about Del Ray — he picked a place that's a great place to ...

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JD Vance set to make his first speech as Trump's VP pick at the RNC (The Associated Press)

Vance, 39, is positioned to become the next potential leader of the former president's political movement, which has reshaped the Republican Party.

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