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J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States
Tenure
2025 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
1
Predecessor: Kamala D. Harris (D)
Prior offices:
U.S. Senate Ohio
Years in office: 2023 - 2025
Predecessor: Rob Portman (R)
Successor: Jon Husted (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$174,000
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
High school
Middletown High School, 2003
Bachelor's
The Ohio State University, 2009
Law
Yale University Law School, 2013
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Years of service
2003 - 2007
Personal
Birthplace
Middletown, OH
Profession
Business executive
Contact

J.D. Vance (Republican Party) is the 50th vice president of the United States. He took office on January 20, 2025.

On July 15, 2024, Donald Trump (R) announced Vance as his vice presidential running mate.[1] Trump said, "J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond..."[2] Vance officially accepted the nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Vance was the youngest major party vice presidential nominee since 1952, when President Dwight Eisenhower (R) picked Richard Nixon as his running mate.[3]

Vance was born in Middletown, Ohio, in 1984.[4] In 2016, he wrote Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir about growing up in Middletown.[5] Netflix adapted the book into a movie in 2020.[6] Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007.[7] He attended Ohio State University from 2007 to 2009, graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy.[8] In 2013, Vance graduated from Yale Law School with a law degree.[8]

Vance worked in venture capital in San Francisco and Washington D.C., before co-founding Narya, a venture capital firm, in 2020.[8][9]

Vance entered politics in July 2021, when he announced he would run for U.S. Senate to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R). Vance defeated Tim Ryan (D) in the November 9, 2022, general election, winning 53% to 46.9%. Vance campaigned on bringing manufacturing back to Ohio, fixing the country's immigration system and completing the wall along the southern border, and breaking up large technology companies.[10] He said, "We really need people who are solving the big problems. We’ve had way too much time of politicians trying to tinker around the edges just trying to fix the superficial."[11] Trump endorsed Vance in the race.[12]

Vance assumed office on January 3, 2023, and resigned on January 10, 2025. As a U.S. Senator, he voted against a bill authorizing $95 billion for military aid to Ukraine and Israel, though he said he supports Israel in its war against Hamas.[13][14] Vance said he opposes abortion and believes the states should decide the issue.[15] After a June 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case related to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions, Vance said he supported access to the drug.[16] Vance said those residing in the country without legal permission take jobs from U.S. workers and lower wages: "If you cannot hire illegal migrants to staff your hotels, then you have to go to one of the seven million prime-age American men who are out of the labor force and find some way to re-engage them."[17][18] In July 2023, Vance introduced The Timely Departures Act, which would require foreign nationals to pay a cash bond of between $5,000 and $15,000 to the federal government in exchange for a temporary visa.[19][20]

In an interview with the New York Times in 2024, Vance said, "Center-left liberals who are doing very well, and center-right conservatives who are doing very well, have an incredible blind spot about how much their success is built on a system that is not serving people who they should be serving."[17]

In March 2025, the Republican National Committee announced that it had selected Vance to be its finance chair.[21] According to ABC News, upon his selection, Vance became the first sitting vice president to hold the fundraising position.[22]


Biography

J.D. Vance was born in Middletown, Ohio.[23] Vance graduated from Middletown High School in Ohio in 2003.[24] He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007.[24][7]

Vance earned a B.A. in political science and philosophy from Ohio State University in 2009 and a J.D. from Yale University Law School in 2013.[7] His career experience includes co-founding Narya, founding Our Ohio Renewal, and working as an intern for Republican state senator Bob Schuler, a law clerk for U.S. Senator John Cornyn and U.S. District Court for Kentucky's Eastern District Judge David Bunning, a litigation associate with the Sidley Austin law firm, the director of operations at Circuit Therapeutics, a principal at Mithril Capital Management, a venture capitalist with Revolution, LLC, and an author.[24][7][25][26][27][28]


Elections

2024

Vice presidency

Donald Trump (R) announced Vance as his running mate on July 15, 2024. In a post on Truth Social Trump said, "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio. [...] J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond."[29]

Trump announced his presidential campaign on November 15, 2022. Click the links below to read more about the 2024 presidential election:


Presidential election, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
Image of
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
49.8
 
77,303,568 312
Image of
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
48.3
 
75,019,230 226
Image of
Jill Stein (multiple running mates) (G)
 
0.6
 
861,164 0
Image of
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent)
 
0.5
 
756,393 0
Image of
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.4
 
650,138 0
Image of
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
165,191 0
Image of
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Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent)
 
0.1
 
81,084 0
Image of
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Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.0
 
41,853 0
Image of
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Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
41,290 0
Image of
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Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent)
 
0.0
 
28,399 0
Image of
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Richard Duncan/Mitchell Preston Bupp (Independent)
 
0.0
 
12,805 0
Image of
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Joel Skousen/Rik Combs (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
12,786 0
Image of
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Jay Bowman/De Bowman (Independent)
 
0.0
 
5,971 0
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Christopher Garrity/Cody Ballard (Independent)
 
0.0
 
5,294 0
Image of
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Joseph Kishore/Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party)
 
0.0
 
4,650 0
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Rachele Fruit (multiple running mates) (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.0
 
4,118 0
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Mattie Preston/Shannel Conner (Godliness, Truth, Justice)
 
0.0
 
2,857 0
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Lucifer Everylove (no running mate) (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
2,653 0
Image of
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Blake Huber/Andrea Denault (Approval Voting Party)
 
0.0
 
2,196 0
Image of
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Michael Wood/John G. Pietrowski (Prohibition Party)
 
0.0
 
1,144 0
Image of
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Vermin Supreme/Jonathan Realz (Independent)
 
0.0
 
914 0
Image of
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Laura Ebke/Trisha Butler (Liberal Party)
 
0.0
 
859 0
Image of
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William P. Stodden/Stephanie H. Cholensky (Socialist Party)
 
0.0
 
364 0
Image of
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Robert Wells Jr./Tony Jones (Independent)
 
0.0
 
359 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.2
 
235,673 0

Total votes: 155,240,953

0 states have not been called.


2022

See also: United States Senate election in Ohio, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance (R)
 
53.0
 
2,192,114
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (D)
 
46.9
 
1,939,489
Image of John Cheng
John Cheng (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
702
Image of Shane Hoffman
Shane Hoffman (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
403
Image of LaShondra Tinsley
LaShondra Tinsley (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
362
Image of Stephen Faris
Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
194
Matthew Esh (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
78

Total votes: 4,133,342
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

Tim Ryan defeated Morgan Harper and Traci Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
 
69.6
 
359,941
Image of Morgan Harper
Morgan Harper Candidate Connection
 
17.8
 
92,347
Image of Traci Johnson
Traci Johnson Candidate Connection
 
12.6
 
65,209

Total votes: 517,497
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance
 
32.2
 
344,736
Image of Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
 
23.9
 
255,854
Image of Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan
 
23.3
 
249,239
Image of Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
 
11.7
 
124,653
Image of Jane Timken
Jane Timken
 
5.9
 
62,779
Mark Pukita Candidate Connection
 
2.1
 
22,692
Image of Neil Patel
Neil Patel Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
9,873

Total votes: 1,069,826
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2022

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Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by J.D. Vance
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Cory Bowman  source  (Nonpartisan) Mayor of Cincinnati (2025) Primary, GeneralLost General
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWon General
Blake Masters  source  (R) U.S. House Arizona District 8 (2024) PrimaryLost Primary
J.R. Majewski  source U.S. House Ohio District 9 (2024) PrimaryWithdrew in Primary
Riley Moore  source  (R) U.S. House West Virginia District 2 (2024) PrimaryWon General
Kari Lake  source  (R) U.S. Senate Arizona (2024) PrimaryLost General
Jim Banks  source  (R) U.S. Senate Indiana (2024) PrimaryWon General
Tim Sheehy  source  (R) U.S. Senate Montana (2024) PrimaryWon General
Bernie Moreno  source 1  source 2  (R) U.S. Senate Ohio (2024) Primary, GeneralWon General

Congressional tenure

Key votes

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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
Vote Bill and description Status
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (87-13)[31]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (87-11)[33]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (88-9)[35]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (63-36)[37]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (68-23)[39]
Yes check.svg Yea Red x.svg Failed (50-49)[41]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (50-46)[43]
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (76-20)[45]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (75-22)[47]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (88-4)[49]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (51-48)[51]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (51-49)[53]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (79-18)[55]
Red x.svg Nay Red x.svg Failed (43-50)[57]
Not Voting Red x.svg Failed (51-44)[59]
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (78-18)[61]
Not Voting Red x.svg Failed (48-44)[63]


Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

2023-2024

Vance was assigned to the following committees:

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Politico, "Trump taps Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance to be his vice president," July 15, 2024
  2. Morningstar, "Trump picks J.D. Vance as his running mate, adding venture-capital experience to GOP ticket," July 15, 2024
  3. Washington Examiner, "Trump taps JD Vance as 2024 vice presidential nominee," July 15, 2024
  4. United States Senator for Ohio, "J.D. Vance," accessed July 15, 2024
  5. Los Angeles Times, "Trump picks Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author, as running mate," July 15, 2024
  6. TBR Newsmedia, "Movie Review: Ron Howard directs A-list cast in Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’," December 12, 2020
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 LinkedIn, "JD Vance," accessed November 27, 2022
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 LinkedIn, "J.D. Vance personal LinkedIn profile," accessed July 15, 2024
  9. Axios, "J.D. Vance launches VC fund for startups beyond Silicon Valley," January 9, 2020
  10. Spectrum News 1, "In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues," January 21, 2022
  11. WKBN, "JD Vance, Tim Ryan answer hot questions in one-on-one interviews," June 22, 2022
  12. Axios, "Trump endorses J.D. Vance in Ohio Senate race," April 15, 2022
  13. WFMJ, "Senators Vance, Sanders vote against Ukraine-Israeli aid," April 24, 2024
  14. The Jerusalem Post, "Trump's running mate JD Vance: 'I'll be as strong an advocate for US-Israel relationship as anyone'," July 15, 2023
  15. Cincinnati.com, "Q&A: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks 2020 election, opioids and state of GOP," October 12, 2022
  16. GOP Sen. JD Vance says he supports access to abortion pill mifepristone," July 7, 2024
  17. 17.0 17.1 New York Times, "What J.D. Vance Believes," June 13, 2024
  18. MSNBC, "Why J.D. Vance’s extreme new immigration proposal would hurt America," July 31, 2023
  19. SCRIBD, "The Timely Departure Act," accessed July 15, 2024
  20. J.D. Vance U.S. Senate website, "Senator Vance Introduces Legislation to CRack Down on Illegal Visa Overstays," July 27, 2023
  21. New York Times, "Vance to Lead G.O.P. Fund-Raising, an Apparent First for a Vice President," March 18, 2025
  22. ABC News, "Vance, possible 2028 candidate, viewed by supporters as Trump's 'enforcer' with midterm 1 year away," November 7, 2025
  23. JD Vance for Senate Inc., "About," accessed November 27, 2022
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 Washington Speakers Bureau, "J.D. Vance," accessed June 7, 2017
  25. LinkedIn, "J.D. Vance," accessed June 7, 2017
  26. Axios, "Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance has a new job," accessed June 29, 2017
  27. Revolution, LLC., "J.D. Vance," accessed June 29, 2017
  28. Our Ohio Renewal, "Home," accessed June 29, 2017
  29. Truth Social, "Trump on July 15, 2024," accessed July 15, 2024
  30. Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
  31. Senate.gov, "On the Conference Report (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670 )," accessed May 15, 2025
  32. Congress.gov, "H.R.6363 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
  33. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 6363)," accessed May 15, 2025
  34. Congress.gov, "H.R.5860 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act," accessed February 27, 2024
  35. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5860)," accessed May 15, 2025
  36. Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 27, 2024
  37. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3746)," accessed May 15, 2025
  38. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
  39. Senate.gov, "On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 7)," accessed May 15, 2025
  40. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.44 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'"" accessed February 28, 2024
  41. Senate.gov, "On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 44)," accessed May 15, 2025
  42. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
  43. Senate.gov, "On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 30)," accessed May 15, 2025
  44. Congress.gov, "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023." accessed February 13, 2025
  45. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 82)," accessed May 15, 2025
  46. Congress.gov, "H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  47. Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Schumer Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4366)," accessed May 15, 2025
  48. Congress.gov, "FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  49. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3935, As Amended)," accessed May 15, 2025
  50. Congress.gov, "H.R.863- Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
  51. Senate.gov, "On the Point of Order (Is the Schumer Constitutional Point of Order Against Article I Well Taken)," accessed May 15, 2025
  52. Congress.gov, "H.R.863- Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
  53. Senate.gov, "On the Point of Order (Is the Schumer Constitutional Point of Order Against Article II Well Taken)," accessed May 15, 2025
  54. Congress.gov, "H.R.815 - Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes." accessed February 13, 2025
  55. Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 815)," accessed May 15, 2025
  56. Congress.gov, "S.4361 - Border Act of 2024" accessed February 13, 2025
  57. Senate.gov, "On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4361)," accessed May 15, 2025
  58. Congress.gov, "S.4445 - Right to IVF Act," accessed February 13, 2025
  59. Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4445, Upon Reconsideration)," accessed May 15, 2025
  60. Congress.gov, "H.R.9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025" accessed February 13, 2025
  61. Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 9747)," accessed May 15, 2025
  62. Congress.gov, "H.R.7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  63. Senate.gov, "On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 7024)," accessed May 15, 2025

Political offices
Preceded by
Kamala D. Harris (D)
Vice President of the United States
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Rob Portman (R)
U.S. Senate Ohio
2023-2025
Succeeded by
Jon Husted (R)



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