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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Woodward

‘Racist’ Mountain Dew, cat ladies — and is that eyeliner? The ‘weird’ times of JD Vance

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It took eight years for a Silicon Valley-backed author and venture capitalist to ditch his very public criticism of Donald Trump; get elected to the Senate with Trump’s help; endorse widely derided ideas about women and childbirth; then get in line for next vice president of the United States.

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