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J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance is a Republican senator from the US state of Ohio. A longtime critic of former US president Donald Trump, he became one of Trump's defenders as his political career began, entering the Senate in 2023 after being elected in 2022. He has since been appointed Trump's running mate and vice presidential pick for the 2024 US presidential elections.

Vance is also the author of a bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy

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 U.S. President Joe Biden crosses the South Lawn after exiting Marine One at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2024. Biden spent the night in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden vows to invest in Trump's safety after assassination attempt

 US REPUBLICAN vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this month.

It's time for American Jews to make a rational choice in the upcoming elections

 JD Vance and Randi Weingarten.

Jewish teachers union boss calls JD Vance ‘gross’ for saying she ‘doesn’t have a single child’

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris and her vice presidential running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz attend a campaign event, in Las Vegas, last weekend. They are intent on ‘bringing back the joy.’

US Republican VP nominee Vance says he will debate Walz on Sept 18 and Oct 1

By REUTERS
 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump (left) and Republican vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance applaud on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.

JD Vance says that Josh Shapiro had to ‘run’ from his Jewish heritage while vying for VP role

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 J.D. Vance, then a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, and Sen. Josh Hawley speak with reporters at a campaign rally in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, May 1, 2022.

Not just JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’: Jewish communities also undervalue childless people

By Sarah Zager/JTA , Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi/JTA
 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee, and former US president, Donald Trump holds a rally with his vice presidential running mate, Senator JD Vance, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, last weekend.

From Lindbergh to Trump: The echoes of isolationism and authoritarian admiration

 Jacob Reses, second from the left, accompanies J.D. Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. on Nov. 16, 2022.

Meet JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, Jacob Reses

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
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Letters to the Editor, July 24, 2024: Closer to the truth

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Knesset, July 17, 2024.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s fourth Congress speech: A 28-year US-Israel relations perspective

 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump (left) and Republican vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance applaud on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.

Republicans call on Biden to resign presidency after he ends re-election bid

By REUTERS
 Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance arrives to speak to supporters at an election party after winning the primary in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. May 3, 2022.

RJC shares close ties with Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance who they helped send to the Senate

 The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, Jerusalem, and Senator JD Vance (R-OH) attends an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit, Michigan, US, June,16, 2024.

Friend in need is a friend indeed: Vance's Israel support is most welcome

 People look at Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024.

Israeli diplomatic delegation to keep focus on policy amid pomp and circumstance of RNC

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to journalists at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., July 15, 2024.

Biden balances progressives on Israel; Vance doesn’t – and it shows

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) attends an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit, Michigan, US, June,16, 2024.

Americans across aisles react to Vance’s Middle East policy

By Clint Van Winkle/The Media Line
 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

Antisemitic, anti-Israel activists claim Jews control Trump VP pick Vance

 Visitors walk outside the U.S. Capitol building as House Republicans continue to work to choose a new Speaker of the House, in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2023.

Jewish politician leads prayer for Israeli hostages to end Republican convention’s first day

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA