At 39, a turnaround in life, Vance rapidly rises to become Trump's vice presidential candidate

Vance Becomes Trump's Vice Presidential Candidate

Just now, at the Republican convention, Trump announced Vance as his vice presidential candidate!

Trump wrote in a post: "After a long period of careful consideration and weighing the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to be the Vice President of the United States is Ohio Senator J.D. Vance."

James David Vance was born on August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a writer and venture capitalist, elected as a Republican U.S. Senator in 2022.

Vance served as an Ohio state senator for one year and is known for his 2016 bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy." This is a "elegy for America" about families and cultures in crisis (Appalachian culture).

Previously, he was one of the critics of this tycoon. His name can mobilize the base voters and attract key votes from the Rust Belt, but he has less political experience.

From Humble Beginnings, Vance's Rise to Success

James David Vance (J.D. Vance), was born on August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio, USA. A Leo, he stands 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 202 pounds. Vance has blue eyes and brown hair.

Vance grew up in poverty in a poor town in America's "Rust Belt." His parents separated when he was an infant. During his childhood, his mother struggled with painkillers and drugs, remarried several times, and was hardly stable. Later, Vance and his sister were raised by their stepfather Bob Hamel and their grandparents.

After graduating from high school, Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in public affairs in Iraq. After his service, he attended Ohio State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy, and then went to Yale Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree.

Vance's wife is his former law school classmate, Usha Chilukuri, of Indian descent. She is a lawyer. They married in 2014 and have three children. Vance's Indian-American wife helps the Trump campaign attract minority votes.

As of 2021, Vance's estimated net worth is $5 million. This includes his assets, money, and income. His main source of income comes from his career as a writer and venture capitalist.

How Did Vance "Rise at Lightning Speed"?

Vance was once a critic of Trump, having published the bestselling book "Hillbilly Elegy" in 2016, which recounts his upbringing in a small town in Kentucky and the struggles of poor rural white Americans.

He refused to vote for Trump in 2016, calling him "harmful and leading the white working class to a very dark place." However, Vance has since embraced Trump's views on trade, immigration, and has criticized big tech companies, winning the former president's support in the 2022 midterm elections and defeating six other candidates to become a U.S. Senator.

But after Trump won the 2016 election, he immediately transformed into a passionate supporter of Trump, frequently defending him on television.

Vance's shift in stance paid off. In 2022, during the race for the vacant Senate seat, he received Trump's official endorsement. At that time, many Republican candidates were participating in the primaries, and Democrats were also actively competing in the general election; Vance leveraged Trump's momentum to win. He has a close relationship with Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.

Vance also used his business connections to fundraise for Trump, including organizing a major San Francisco fundraising event in June led by Silicon Valley investors David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya.

At 39 years old, Vance is nearly 40 years younger than Trump, marking a potential generational shift for the Republican Party and injecting new energy into the party's efforts to attract the working class, as blue-collar workers were once loyal supporters of the Democrats in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Biden's home state of Pennsylvania.

As a veteran of the Iraq War, Vance will bring military experience to the campaign. Vance opposes U.S. aid to Ukraine and has worked to delay the confirmation of Biden's judicial nominees in protest of Trump's conviction in the New York hush money case.

With the vice presidential candidate confirmed, more information about Vance will be uncovered by the media, and his "rise to success" will be known to more people.

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