JD Vance has spent years turning marriage and fatherhood into part of his public image.
The Vice President, who first became famous as the author of Hillbilly Elegy, has undergone one of the most dramatic political transformations in modern American politics.
He went from Trump critic to loyal MAGA figure, became Donald Trump’s running mate, entered the White House, converted to Catholicism, and positioned himself as one of the Republican Party’s most visible champions of family life.