James David Vance39 years old, was born in Middletown, Ohio, and is a conservative politicianformer military veteran, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author best seller from the book “Hillbilly Elegy”.
Since 2022 he has served as Senator from Ohioelected at the urging of Trump. In his performance in the Senate, he was openly supporter of the proposals and ideas of the interests of the former presidentEarlier this year, he opposed the Ukraine aid bill, which had come under harsh criticism from Trump for continuing to provide more aid.
However, JD Vance He was not always a great ally of the Republicans and his strong transformation from opposing to supporting Trump aroused curiosity in society and his credibility to support this formula. How was the transition that led him to be chosen for the candidacy in these new elections?
Vance as a key representative of “Never Trump”
During the elections of 2016Vance was a prominent figure in publicly opposing the former president through the movement “Never Trump” (Never Trump).
In that year, there are records of several tweets and “likes” from the senator where he describes Trump as “one of America’s most hated, villainous, and idiotic celebrities” (and several more which have already been removed).
His duality is reflected within those years when in statements in February 2016, through a private conversation, he asked if Trump was the “Hitler of the United States”. A few months later he wrote in The Atlantic that his current running mate was “cultural heroine”.
In 2021, before running for the Senate vacancy, deleted all his anti-Trump tweets or references and began to show himself as a defender of its proposals and ideologies.
How did you manage to win Trump’s support?
Getting support was not free and it cost Vance a year of hard efforts to gain Trump’s trust and support. The key shift came in the Ohio Republican Senate Primary 2022.
That year marked the beginning of the construction of a new image, defending the former president in meetings in Mar-a-Lago (case in which Trump was accused of deliberately withholding sensitive national security documents), as the main defender of the platform MAGA (Make America Great Again) and through public appearances.
In sample of honor and lealtyVance stood by Trump through tough times, including during the criminal trial for hush money payments in the New York court.
At the moment, Vance He supports the former president’s candidacy through his Trumpist party credentials, contributing his ties to Silicon Valley and the recent fundraiser in San Francisco.
Source: Ambito
