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'''James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman)''' (born in August 2, 1984 in Middletown, [[Ohio]]) is an American [[conservative populist]] politician, lawyer, author, and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] combat veteran who served as a United States Senator before from 2023-2025 before his inauguration as the 50th [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Donald Trump]] (as the 47th President). Vance is the first [[Millennial]] to hold the office.

'''James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman''' in August 2, 1984 in Middletown, [[Ohio]]) is an American [[conservative populist]] politician, lawyer, author, and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] combat veteran who served as a United States [[Senator]] before from 2023-2025 before his inauguration as the 50th [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Donald Trump]] (as the 47th President). Vance is the first [[Millennial]] to hold the office.  '''''Vance alone among [[Trump]] top advisers recommended against the war on [[Iran]] in February 2026'''''.

An outspoken tech entrepreneur who was the best-selling author of the “Hillbilly Elegy,” JD Vance announced his candidacy amid many skeptics on June 29, 2021.<ref>James Arkin, [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/jd-vance-ohio-senate-primary-497754 J.D. Vance joins already chaotic Ohio Senate primary], ''Politico'', July 1, 2021.</ref>  On April 16, 2022, Trump endorsed Vance in his Senate primary race against many opponents, thereby rejecting the pro-[[Establishment]], [[Mike Pence]]-endorsed candidate [[Josh Mandel]].

An outspoken tech entrepreneur who was the best-selling author of the “Hillbilly Elegy,” JD Vance announced his candidacy for [[U.S. Senate]] in [[Ohio]] amid many skeptics on June 29, 2021.<ref>James Arkin, [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/jd-vance-ohio-senate-primary-497754 J.D. Vance joins already chaotic Ohio Senate primary], ''Politico'', July 1, 2021.</ref>  On April 16, 2022, Trump endorsed Vance in his Senate primary race against many opponents, thereby rejecting the pro-[[Establishment]], [[Mike Pence]]-endorsed candidate [[Josh Mandel]].

Pro-[[Trump]] tech billionaire Peter Thiel has long been a supporter of J.D. Vance.

Pro-[[Trump]] tech billionaire Peter Thiel has long been a supporter of J.D. Vance. Through Thiel and to a lesser extent his Yale classmate and longtime friend [[Vivek Ramaswamy]], Vance has close ties to [[Big Tech]], including [[Elon Musk]]. In the aftermath of Musk's public falling out with Donald Trump in June 2025, there has been speculation that Trump may endorse [[Marco Rubio]] as his successor instead of Vance, because Vance's connections constitutes a weakness which could compromise his ability to govern as a [[MAGA]] President.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/10/vance-2028-donald-trump-endorsement/78245504007/</ref><ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-names-his-potential-successor-for-2028-presidential-elections-and-its-a-surprise-for-many/articleshow/120905663.cms?from=mdr</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/05/be-patient-retain-integrity-the-tide-is-shifting-in-our-favor/</ref><ref>https://x.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1930717531742032315</ref>

==Vice Presidency (2025 - present)==

==Vice Presidency (2025 - present)==

===2025 Munich Security Conference speech===  

===2025 Munich Security Conference speech===  

Three weeks after being sworn in as Vice President, J.D. Vance spoke at the 2025 Munich Security Conference. Former [[Russian]] [[Prime Minister]] and [[President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] commented on the speech.

Three weeks after being sworn in as Vice President, J.D. Vance spoke at the 2025 [[Munich Security Conference]]. Former [[Russian]] [[Prime Minister]] and [[President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]] commented on the speech.

{{Cquote|The [[anti-Russian]] coven in [[Munich]] was particularly unsettled this time by the blatantly provocative speech of [[Vice President Vance]]. I must admit—surprisingly, he turned on the heat. Everyone expected the usual [[diplomatic]] courtesies toward [[Europe]] from its partner, along with comments on [[Donald Trump]]'s remarks about ending the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Ukrainian conflict]]. But instead, he took the floor and harshly reprimanded the [[Europe]]ans, who have completely lost themselves in recent years: your [[democracy]] is weak, your [[election]]s are [[garbage]], and your rules, which violate basic [[human]] [[morality]], are [[crap]]. And you don’t even have [[freedom of speech]]! They certainly would have held this against him—if he weren't the [[American]] boss. But since he is, they'll let it slide and resentfully swallow that brutal dressing-down from their senior partner. He's actually a bold guy, even if still an inexperienced [[vice president]]. Moreover, he told the [[truth]]. He said exactly what modern Europe amounts to. And we can add even more. Today's Europe, within the [[EU]]'s borders, is a bitter, feeble hag trying to disguise herself as a young and striking beauty. The era of such a Europe is irreversibly gone. It is weak, unattractive, and of little use to anyone—except itself.

{{Cquote|The [[anti-Russian]] coven in [[Munich]] was particularly unsettled this time by the blatantly provocative speech of [[Vice President Vance]]. I must admit—surprisingly, he turned on the heat. Everyone expected the usual [[diplomatic]] courtesies toward [[Europe]] from its partner, along with comments on [[Donald Trump]]'s remarks about ending the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Ukrainian conflict]]. But instead, he took the floor and harshly reprimanded the [[Europe]]ans, who have completely lost themselves in recent years: your [[democracy]] is weak, your [[election]]s are [[garbage]], and your rules, which violate basic [[human]] [[morality]], are [[crap]]. And you don’t even have [[freedom of speech]]! They certainly would have held this against him—if he weren't the [[American]] boss. But since he is, they'll let it slide and resentfully swallow that brutal dressing-down from their senior partner. He's actually a bold guy, even if still an inexperienced [[vice president]]. Moreover, he told the [[truth]]. He said exactly what modern Europe amounts to. And we can add even more. Today's Europe, within the [[EU]]'s borders, is a bitter, feeble hag trying to disguise herself as a young and striking beauty. The era of such a Europe is irreversibly gone. It is weak, unattractive, and of little use to anyone—except itself.

===Greenland===

===Greenland===

In March 2025 Vice President Vance led a delegation to [[Greenland]]. Margarita Simonyan, head of the [[Russian]] media conglomerate ''[[RT]]'', alluding to the plebiscites held in [[Crimea]], [[Donbas]], [[Kherson]] and [[Zaporozhe]] said on [[television]],

In March 2025 Vice President Vance led a delegation to [[Greenland]]. [[Margarita Simonyan]], head of the [[Russian]] media conglomerate ''[[RT]]'', alluding to the plebiscites held in [[Crimea]], [[Donbas]], [[Kherson]] and [[Zaporozhye]] said on [[television]],

{{Cquote|What did Vance say this week about Greenland? It's striking. He said there will be a referendum in Greenland. As a result of it, Greenland will ask for [[independence]].  The people of Greenland will support this independence. Then, there will be another referendum, and as a result, Greenland will accede to the [[US]]. Does this resemble anything? It's simply amazing. They can't even come up with anything on their own.<ref>}}

{{Cquote|What did Vance say this week about Greenland? It's striking. He said there will be a referendum in Greenland. As a result of it, Greenland will ask for [[independence]].  The people of Greenland will support this independence. Then, there will be another referendum, and as a result, Greenland will accede to the [[US]]. Does this resemble anything? It's simply amazing. They can't even come up with anything on their own.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgKEG8WkkAc&t=130s</ref>}}

==2024 Presidential election==

==2024 Presidential election==

By Brett Samuels, ''The Hill'', 07/15/24</ref>

By Brett Samuels, ''The Hill'', 07/15/24</ref>

Vance was nominated two days after the [[Assassination attempt on President Trump]]. As Vice President, Vance is poised to becoming President Trump's ideological successor, due to President Trump being limited to one more term. The State of Ohio has produced more [[United States President]]s than any other state.

Vance was nominated two days after the [[Assassination attempt on President Trump]]. As Vice President, Vance is poised to become President Trump's ideological successor, due to President Trump being limited to one more term. The State of Ohio has produced more [[United States President]]s than any other state.

In July 2024 Vance remarked that the [[United Kingdom]] will be the first [[nuclear]] armed [[Islamist]] state since the [[liberal]] [[Labour party]] took over.<ref>https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-jd-vance-uk-will-be-the-first-islamist-nuclear-power/</ref>

In July 2024 Vance remarked that the [[United Kingdom]] will be the first [[nuclear]] armed [[Islamist]] state since the [[liberal]] [[Labour party]] took over.<ref>https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-jd-vance-uk-will-be-the-first-islamist-nuclear-power/</ref>

Senator Vance has been the most courageous in opposing endless funding by the [[United States]] of the [[Russia-Ukraine war]].<ref>[https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/elections/war-ukraine-could-impact-ohio-us-senate-race-tim-ryan-jd-vance/95-a2c5759a-d2c4-4ccd-8dcb-e41ecb62fa3e War in Ukraine could impact Ohio US Senate race between Tim Ryan and JD Vance], Author: Lynna Lai, November 4, 2022. wkyc.com</ref>

Senator Vance has been the most courageous in opposing endless funding by the [[United States]] of the [[Russia-Ukraine war]].<ref>[https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/elections/war-ukraine-could-impact-ohio-us-senate-race-tim-ryan-jd-vance/95-a2c5759a-d2c4-4ccd-8dcb-e41ecb62fa3e War in Ukraine could impact Ohio US Senate race between Tim Ryan and JD Vance], Author: Lynna Lai, November 4, 2022. wkyc.com</ref>

Senator Vance explained why the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and [[Western alliance|Western]] [[establishment]] hate [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] so much - because Putin made Russia great again after the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] for 70 years, and later the [[CIA]] in the 1990s, had brought Russia down so low.<ref>[https://youtu.be/9mKbu66tgpY Why Does the US Establishment Hate Russia?], Dr. Vladimir Brovkin, Feb 5, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref>

Senator Vance explained why the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and [[Western alliance|Western]] [[establishment]] hate [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] so much - because Putin made Russia great again after the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] for 70 years, and later the [[CIA]] in the 1990s, had brought Russia down so low.<ref>[https://youtu.be/9mKbu66tgpY Why Does the US Establishment Hate Russia?], Dr. [[Vladimir Brovkin]], Feb 5, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref>

Despite his conservative position on Russia, Vance is a hawk on Israel, which brings his overall credentials into question.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/16/watch-j-d-vance-advocates-for-robust-u-s-support-of-israel-in-line-with-america-first-policy/</ref>

Despite his conservative position on Russia, Vance is a hawk on Israel, which brings his overall credentials into question.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/16/watch-j-d-vance-advocates-for-robust-u-s-support-of-israel-in-line-with-america-first-policy/</ref>

{{See also|Ukraine aid|FTX scandal}}

{{See also|Ukraine aid|FTX scandal}}

[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then [[money laundering|laundered]] back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]  

[[File:FTX Democrats Ukraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to Ukraine then [[money laundering|laundered]] back to Democrats in advance of the [[2022 Midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/breaking-exclusive-tens-billions-transferred-ukraine-using-ftx-crypto-currency-laundered-back-democrats-us/</ref>]]  

Sen. Vance said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on November 8, 2023: "Basic questions about Biden’s Ukraine policy, including [[Washington, D.C.|Washington’s]] true strategic objective in the former Soviet republic, haven’t been addressed...Americans are commonly told that the aim is to force Russia out of all Ukrainian territory, including regions that have been annexed by Moscow following overwhelming votes for independence from Kiev...And yet, when you talk to the president’s own administration in private, they admit that is a strategic impossibility...No rational human being in the president’s administration believes that it is possible to throw the Russians out of every inch of Ukrainian territory...So, why is that the public justification offered by many advocates of indefinite, unlimited Ukrainian aid?...Because this debate is fundamentally dishonest...We are not telling the American people the truth because we know that if we did tell them the truth, they would not support an indefinite flow of money to Ukraine”.

Sen. Vance said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on November 8, 2023: "Basic questions about Biden’s Ukraine policy, including [[Washington, D.C.|Washington’s]] true strategic objective in the former Soviet republic, haven’t been addressed...Americans are commonly told that the aim is to force Russia out of all Ukrainian territory, including regions that have been annexed by Moscow following overwhelming votes for independence from Kiev...And yet, when you talk to the president’s own administration in private, they admit that is a strategic impossibility...No rational human being in the president’s administration believes that it is possible to throw the Russians out of every inch of Ukrainian territory ... So, why is that the public justification offered by many advocates of indefinite, unlimited Ukrainian aid? ... Because this debate is fundamentally dishonest...We are not telling the American people the truth because we know that if we did tell them the truth, they would not support an indefinite flow of money to Ukraine”.

===Zelensky regime threats against American citizens===

===Zelensky regime threats against American citizens===

===Polish authoritarianism===

===Polish authoritarianism===

Polish Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]] tried shaming the Republicans for attempting to block another tranche of aid for Ukraine in a [[tweet]] in Febryuary 2024. Tusk wrote: “Dear Republican Senators of America. [[Ronald Reagan]], who helped millions of us to win back our freedom and independence, must be turning in his grave today. Shame on you.”  Tusk's undiplomatic meddling in America’s domestic affairs wasn’t left unanswered, however, since Sen. Vance promptly put Tusk in his place.  Vance responded on [[Twitter|X]] as follows: “The new leader of [[Poland]] is arresting political opponents and owes his country’s security to the generosity of mine. He might consider showing some appreciation, or at least toning down his own [[authoritarian]] impulses.” Senator Vance had earlier slammed Tusk’s attacks on press freedom after his [[German]]-backed [[liberal]]-[[globalist]] regime seized control of public media on legally dubious pretexts that the [[conservative]]-[[nationalist]] opposition sharply condemned.<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/senator-jd-vance-put-polish-prime Senator JD Vance Put Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk In His Place], [[ANDREW KORYBKO]], FEB 09, 2024. korybko.substack.com</ref>

Polish Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]] tried shaming the Republicans for attempting to block another tranche of aid for Ukraine in a [[tweet]] in February 2024. Tusk wrote: “Dear Republican Senators of America. [[Ronald Reagan]], who helped millions of us to win back our freedom and independence, must be turning in his grave today. Shame on you.”  Tusk's undiplomatic meddling in America’s domestic affairs wasn’t left unanswered, however, since Sen. Vance promptly put Tusk in his place.  Vance responded on [[Twitter|X]] as follows: “The new leader of [[Poland]] is arresting political opponents and owes his country’s security to the generosity of mine. He might consider showing some appreciation, or at least toning down his own [[authoritarian]] impulses.” Senator Vance had earlier slammed Tusk’s attacks on press freedom after his [[German]]-backed [[liberal]]-[[globalist]] regime seized control of public media on legally dubious pretexts that the [[conservative]]-[[nationalist]] opposition sharply condemned.<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/senator-jd-vance-put-polish-prime Senator JD Vance Put Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk In His Place], [[ANDREW KORYBKO]], FEB 09, 2024. korybko.substack.com</ref>

===Pro Israel (and its security) vs Ukraine===

===Pro Israel (and its security) vs Ukraine===

*''It’s good our office is so close to a school. It means the [[Lincoln Project]] people can’t come here.''

*''It’s good our office is so close to a school. It means the [[Lincoln Project]] people can’t come here.''

*''We love our country and we are united to win.''

*''We love our country and we are united to win.''

*''"If you listen to [[Rachel Maddow]] every night, the basic worldview that you have is that [[MAGA]] grandmas who have family dinners on Sunday and bake apple pies for their family are about to start a violent insurrection against this country...But if you listen to [[Alex Jones]] every day, you would believe that a transnational financial elite controls things in our country, that they hate our society, and oh, by the way, a lot of them are probably sex perverts too...Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, that’s actually a hell of a lot more true than Rachel Maddow’s view of society...I believe the [[devil]] is real and he works terrible things in our society...That’s a crazy [[conspiracy theory]] to a lot of very well-educated people in this country right now".<ref>[https://www.propublica.org/article/jd-vance-alex-jones-leonard-leo-teneo-maddow-video In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller], by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Pro-Publica, July 16, 2024. propublica.org</ref>

*''"If you listen to [[Rachel Maddow]] every night, the basic worldview that you have is that [[MAGA]] grandmas who have family dinners on Sunday and bake apple pies for their family are about to start a [[violent]] [[insurrection]] against this country...But if you listen to [[Alex Jones]] every day, you would believe that a transnational financial elite controls things in our country, that they hate our society, and oh, by the way, a lot of them are probably sex perverts too...Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, that’s actually a hell of a lot more true than Rachel Maddow’s view of society...I believe the [[devil]] is real and he works terrible things in our society...That’s a crazy [[conspiracy theory]] to a lot of very well-educated people in this country right now".<ref>[https://www.propublica.org/article/jd-vance-alex-jones-leonard-leo-teneo-maddow-video In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller], by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Pro-Publica, July 16, 2024. propublica.org</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]

[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]

[[Category:Second Trump Cabinet]]

[[Category:Second Trump Cabinet]]