J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate — who was announced Monday at the Republican convention in Milwaukee as the party’s nominee for vice president — is a politician with a stellar career. He’s 39. Conservative like the former president, But in the recent past he was a very critical voice, and an integral part of the movement. “No Trump Never” (“Never Trump”).
We buy, In line with the Republican leader’s more conservative positions. –whom he shares a close friendship with–, brand new Vice Presidential Candidate In the race for the presidential election United State He did not bite his tongue when he attacked Trump. In 2016, he said:
“What Trump is doing is giving people excuses to point the finger at someone else, or Mexican immigrants, or trade with China, or Democratic elites or whatever.”
That same year, he privately wrote to an acquaintance on Facebook: “I swing back and forth between believing Trump is a cynical moron… Or who is the Hitler of the United States“
As Vance, who has never denied the allegation, stated on public radio:I can’t stand Trump“And I fear that this is taking the white working class into a very dark place.”
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It became popular thanks to the autobiography ““Rural Elegy” –Published in 2016– where he narrates his childhood. Born in 1984 Middletown, Ohio – Industrial Belt of the United States – In a working-class family, he was raised by his grandparents due to his mother’s drug addiction problems and his father’s absence.
He enlisted in the Marines.who fought with him in the Iraq War. After returning to the United States, he earned a degree in political science and philosophy from Ohio State University, and from there he moved to Yale University to study law. However, he finally devoted himself to venture capital investment.
The retelling of her memoir was so well received that Netflix turned it into a movie starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Vance began to be one of conservative voice On TV and guest at the annual Republican celebration “Lincoln Day Dinner”.
From one A clear critical view of the former presidentHe sought to explain why the white working class voted for Donald Trump, and his fame paved the way for him to embrace politics in 2021.
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In a twist of fate, J.D. Vance met Donald Trump Jr. After the Republican leader’s eldest son declared himself a fan of the “Hilfiger Elegy” and knew him personally when he was responsible for launching his political career. Then began a friendship that still exists, and later established a close relationship with Donald Trump, who provided him with political support. Vance had previously apologized for the previous criticism.
She was elected to the Ohio Senate in 2022, and has been a member ever since. A leading voice among conservativesIn keeping with Trump’s ultra-conservative agenda, he has embraced the former president’s rhetoric about the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Donald Trump sees JD Vance as the perfect young profile give impetus to his candidacyAmong the latest moves by the now vice presidential candidate is to introduce bills to withhold federal funds from universities that stage protests over the war in Gaza or that employ illegal immigrants.
In March, Vance introduced legislation to block China from accessing U.S. capital markets if it does not comply with international law.
Democrats consider him an extremist because of some of the provocative positions he has taken, though he has since moderated them. They believe Trump chose Vance because he “will bend over backwards for him.” Facilitating the extremist agenda“For the former president, even if it happened to ‘break the law,’” Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said.
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