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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(L-R): Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are seen ahead of the presidential debate (illustrative)

Trump, Harris spend finals hours before election in Pennsylvania

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

JD Vance: Israel has right to self-defense, but war with Iran not in US interest

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks during a Philos Project October 7th Memorial Rally at the Washington Monument on October 7, 2024 in Washington, DC.

JD Vance calls on Americans in Israel to vote Trump, warns of regional war

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VICE PRESIDENT and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media upon her arrival at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland on Sunday.

Kamala Harris defends 'modern family,' rejects Arkansas governor's childlessness remarks

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Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gesture as they speak during a debate hosted by CBS in New York, U.S., October 1, 2024.

VP candidates discuss support for Israel's preemptive strikes against Iran during debate

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

JD Vance among Republican senators assailing UN ahead of anti-Israel draft resolution

By HANNAH SARISOHN

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

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

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

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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

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

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

Letters

Letters to the Editor, July 24, 2024: Closer to the truth

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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

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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

By HANNAH SARISOHN