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The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned

JD Vance holds a campaign rally at Radford University on 22 July 2024 in Radford, Virginia.
JD Vance holds a campaign rally at Radford University on 22 July 2024 in Radford, Virginia. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

He was supposed to be his master’s mini-me, his elevation as Republican vice-presidential nominee hailed as a virile celebration of Donald Trump’s near-total conquest of the GOP.

Now – days after receiving a rapturous response at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee – JD Vance is being lamented within party circles as a potentially fatal liability in Trump’s quest to recapture the White House.

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