skip to main content j.d. vance’s extreme political positions on everything from abortion to staying in a violent marriage for the sake of the kids trump’s running mate wants to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors and said, “i don’t really care what happens to ukraine one ...
Vance was an outspoken Trump critic during the 2016 presidential campaign, the same year Vance was promoting his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” He has since transformed into one of Trump’s staunchest MAGA allies over 18 months in the Senate, after winning a 2022 race for an open seat...
Democrats, who have worked to highlight GOP positions on the issue, have railed against Vance for his vote — or absence — ontwovoteson legislation that would have established a nationwide right to IVF earlier this year. Vance opposed the bill in June, and did not vote in September. All...
Vance has spent much of his political career denouncing nonparents. Now, as the Republican vice-presidential nominee, he is targeting Vice President Kamala Harris and her now-infamous circle of “childless cat ladies.” (In Vance’s definition of parenting, Harris’ two stepchildren don...
Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance is a 39-year-old Republican now in his first term in the Senate. He made a name for himself with his memoir, the bestseller “Hillbilly Elegy."
It marks a meteoric political rise for Vance, who has gone from one of Trump’s most fierce GOP critics during the 2016 campaign to running alongside him for the White House in 2024. The first-term senator has greatly distanced himself from the comments he made about Trump eight years ago...
During the early stages of Trump’s political career, Vance cast Trump as “a total fraud,”“a moral disaster” and “America’s Hitler.” “If you go back and listen to the things that JD Vance said about T...
Democrats call him an extremist, citing provocative positions he has taken but sometimes later amended. For example, Mr Vance signalled support for a national 15-week abortion ban during his Senate run then later softened that stance once Ohio voters overwhelmingly backed a 2023 abortion...
JD Vance just gave the biggest speech of his political career: introducing himself to America, on the RNC stage, as he accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination. We asked some of our political reporters for their thoughts on the Ohio senator’s speech. Meridith McGraw: This feels like a...
But he added that overall — as both Vance and Walz focused on speaking directly to their respective political bases — tonight had been a “pretty good reminder of why VP debates rarely matter.” Lead Art: Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance take their positions at the begin...