{"id":2266974,"date":"2024-06-13T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-jd-vance-meet-one-of-the-eight-top-names-on-trumps-vp-short-list\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:59:56","slug":"who-is-jd-vance-meet-one-of-the-eight-top-names-on-trumps-vp-short-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-jd-vance-meet-one-of-the-eight-top-names-on-trumps-vp-short-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is JD Vance? Discover one of the top eight contenders for Trump&#8217;s VP shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-is-jd-vance-meet-one-of-the-eight-top-names-on-trumps-vp-short-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator J.D. Vance, originally a critic of Donald Trump, has evolved into one of his staunchest allies and a notable endorsement success story, especially during a challenging\u200c period for other Republicans nationwide. Despite his political inexperience, Vance is swiftly \u2064becoming a \u2063prominent\u200c figure in the Republican Party under Trump&#8217;s influence. Before completing his first term in the U.S. Senate, there is potential \u200cfor Vance to collaborate directly with Trump in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was born on August 2, 1986, in Middletown, Ohio, and currently resides in Cincinnati. His academic journey includes a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and philosophy from Ohio State University\u2063 and a law degree from Yale Law School. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a>, Vance served four years in the U.S. Marines.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Vance embraced Catholicism \u2064after exploring his faith \u2064during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ive-read-mao-tse-tung-ive-read-karl-marx-ive-read-lenin-that-doesnt-make-me-a-communist-top-ranking-u-s-military-official-defends-teac\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018I\u2019ve Read Mao Tse-Tung. I\u2019ve Read Karl Marx. I\u2019ve Read Lenin. That Doesn\u2019t Make Me A Communist\u2019: Top-Ranking U.S. Military Official Defends Teaching Critical Race Theory.\">law school years<\/a>, moving away from his earlier atheism. His personal life includes a marriage to Usha Chilukuri Vance since 2014, and they have three children. Professionally, before entering Congress, Vance worked as a venture capitalist and later \u200dfounded his own\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bitcoin-surges-as-miners-approve-taproot-btcs-first-upgrade-in-four-years\/\" title=\"Bitcoin Surges As Miners Approve \u2018Taproot,\u2019 BTC\u2019s First Upgrade In Four Years\">venture firm<\/a> in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s literary contributions \u200binclude his acclaimed 2016 memoir &#8220;Hillbilly Elegy,&#8221; which reflects on his\u2062 upbringing and broader social issues in Ohio and Kentucky. Politically, Vance\u200b adopts an &#8220;America\u200d First&#8221; stance, particularly evident in his opposition to additional U.S. \u200caid \u2062to Ukraine and \u200dhis\u200c focus on addressing\u200b the crisis at the U.S. southern border. His net worth \u2062is estimated \u2064at around $7 million.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) went from being a fierce critic of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to one of his most loyal supporters and an endorsement success story in a cycle where <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> struggled across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his inexperience in politics, Vance has shot up the roster of Republicans who have a bright future in the party with Trump at the helm. Before he finishes his first term in the Senate, he could find himself working with Trump in the White House.<\/p>\n<h3>Age<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> was born on Aug. 2, 1984. He is 39 years old.<\/p>\n<h3>Hometown<\/h3>\n<p>Vance currently lives in Cincinnati, according to his profile on X. He was born and raised in Middletown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a>, a city of more than 50,000 people located about 30 miles outside of Cincinnati. <\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Vance graduated from Middletown High School in 2003. After serving in the U.S. Marines for four years, he earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and philosophy from the Ohio State University in 2009 and graduated from Yale Law School in 2013.<\/p>\n<h3>State represented<\/h3>\n<p>Vance has represented Ohio in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. Senate<\/a> since 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Religion<\/h3>\n<p>Vance became a baptized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Catholic<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He \u201cwas raised Christian, but never had a super strong attachment to any denomination,\u201d Vance said in an interview with the <em>American Conservative<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started law school in 2010, I would have called myself an atheist,\u201d he said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/coastalcourier.com\/coastal-living\/faith\/qa-bestselling-hillbilly-elegy-author-reflects-on-religions-role-in-his-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> with the <em>Coastal Courier<\/em>. \u201cWhen I graduated law school in 2013, I was exploring my faith again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI became persuaded over time that Catholicism was true,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/j-d-vance-becomes-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Net worth<\/h3>\n<p>Sources have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3203855\/jd-vance-ohio-who-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>estimate<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3203855\/jd-vance-ohio-who-senate\/\">d<\/a> Vance\u2019s net worth to be around $7 million. <\/p>\n<h3>Family<\/h3>\n<p>Vance has been married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, his former classmate at Yale, since 2014. They have three children: Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel.<\/p>\n<h3>Occupation before Congress<\/h3>\n<p>Vance began his career as a venture capitalist at Mithril Capital, a San Francisco firm founded by billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel. He was later managing partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/revolution.com\/entity\/rotr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rise of the Rest Seed Fund<\/a>, which invests in startups outside of coastal cities, and started his own Ohio-based venture capital firm, Narya Capital, in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3>Books written<\/h3>\n<p>In 2016, Vance published <em>Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis<\/em>, a bestselling autobiographical account of his experience growing up in Ohio to a family from eastern Kentucky. The book shot him to national fame.<\/p>\n<h3>Major policy positions<\/h3>\n<p>Vance takes a <a href=\"https:\/\/jdvance.com\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>self-described<\/a> \u201cAmerica First\u201d position on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/18\/jd-vance-ukraine-aid-00153201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spoke out<\/a> in April against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-vote-on-45-day-stopgap-funding-bill-in-last-ditch-bid-to-avert-shutdown\/\" title=\"House to vote on short-term funding bill in last effort to avoid shutdown.\">sending additional aid<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/jdvance.com\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lists<\/a> solving the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crisis<\/a> at the southern border as one of his top priorities, and last year introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vance.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Timely-Departure-Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bill<\/a> that would require visa recipients to pay between $5,000 and $15,000 before entering the U.S. \u2014 money they would get back upon leaving the U.S. in accordance with the terms of their visa.<\/p>\n<h3>Relationship with Trump<\/h3>\n<p>Vance was a critic of former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/23\/jd-vance-ohio-senate-trump-comments-516865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calling<\/a> him \u201cnoxious\u201d and \u201creprehensible\u201d and describing himself as a \u201cNever Trump guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has since said that he regrets his past comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016 because I\u2019ve been very open that I did say those critical things and I regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/05\/jd-vance-trump-tweets-deleted-498164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a 2021 interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Vance secured Trump\u2019s endorsement in Ohio\u2019s 2022 Republican Senate primary.<\/p>\n<h3>Has he run for president?<\/h3>\n<p>Vance has not run for president.<\/p>\n<h3>Comments on potential VP selection<\/h3>\n<p>Vance has said he would be Trump\u2019s running mate if asked but wouldn\u2019t lobby for the position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very interested in helping [Trump] out, whatever that looks like. So, if that means I\u2019m helping out the people of Ohio with the Trump agenda in the Senate, that\u2019s great. If he asks me to serve, I will certainly do it,\u201d the senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6354737448112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in an interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy attitude towards it is, if it comes to me, great, but it\u2019s not something I\u2019m going to lobby for. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the right attitude to take towards it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) transformed from a staunch critic to a loyal supporter of former President Donald Trump, becoming a notable endorsement success in a challenging cycle for Republicans. Despite his political inexperience, Vance is now seen as a rising star with a promising future in the Republican Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2266975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24158753320979.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24158753320979.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}