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Vance therefore kept his nickname, JD. [6] [7] [8] Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction. [9] He and his sister, Lindsey, were raised primarily by their maternal grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw". [10]
Vance's mother's parents, Bonnie Blanton and Jim Vance Sr., whom he called Mamaw and Papaw, were from Jackson, Kentucky, a city of around 2,100 people in the Appalachian region.
Vance describes his upbringing and family background while growing up in Middletown, Ohio, where his mother and her family had moved after World War II from Breathitt County, Kentucky. Vance states that their Appalachian culture valued traits such as loyalty and love of country despite family violence and verbal abuse. Vance recounts his ...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the newly announced running mate to former President Donald Trump, takes the floor on the first day of the Republican National Convention, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee ...
Vance had been trailing in the polls, but as a result of Trump's support, he surged to become the race's frontrunner for the first time and led in most polls up to election day. Meanwhile, State Senator Matt Dolan, who disavowed Trump's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election, saw a late surge after buying ad time ...
His no-nonsense, gun-wielding grandmother from Kentucky serves as a memorable main character. He laments the use of welfare programs he saw growing up and complains that people don't work hard enough.
Vance grew up in Jackson, Kentucky and Middletown, Ohio. He described a childhood consumed by poverty and abuse in his best-selling 2016 memoir , "Hillbilly Elegy."
Vance's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the 2020 election echoes the rhetoric pushed by his running mate. Trump has been charged criminally with knowingly pushing false claims of voter fraud and having “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power after losing to Biden. Judges, election officials, cybersecurity experts and ...