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Robert Reich

JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the anti-democracy movement in the US

Vance speaking during the vice-presidential debate.
‘Vance would never have become a senator from Ohio in 2022 were it not for billionaire tech financier Peter Thiel, who staked $15m on Vance’s election.’ Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice-president, will almost certainly be the Republican presidential candidate in 2028, regardless of whether Donald Trump wins in November.

But who is JD Vance, really? An opportunist chameleon who once viewed Donald Trump as “Hitler” and is now his pit bull?

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