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Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has been in the Senate for only about 19 months, but that’s been plenty of time to get a sense of his legislative and policy views.
When Vance ran for the Senate to fill the seat opened by the retirement of fellow Republican Rob Portman, he was a first-time candidate. And his speech to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night demonstrated just how different he is from his predecessor, who served as U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget in the George W. Bush administration.
