The Latest Breaking News from James David Vance

Did JD Vance Change His Name Four Times? What People Call the VP for The Last 41 Years

JD Vance's name changes reflect a complex personal history, from his birth as James Donald Bowman to his current identity, highlighting family dynamics and personal reinvention.

International Business Times UK · May 20

Vance snarls and swipes in defence of ICE agent – was the boss impressed?

The vice-president went ballistic against the media and the left – a version of Trump with even more menace

The Guardian - US · Jan 8

Man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Donald Trump and his VP, but his identity is the real crazy part

"I've only got about 10 years left anyway so I don't care either way."

We Got This Covered · Nov 21, 2025

What ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ can tell us about JD Vance and his right-wing beliefs

America’s potential future vice president topped bestseller lists with his 2016 memoir, a tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty in Appalachia. Nick Hilton looks back on what the politician argued in the book, from his criticisms of welfare to his belief that the working classes ‘spend our way into the poorhouse’

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

JD Vance, from ‘hillbilly’ to VP candidate: How an Ohio kid from a broken home rose to be a Republican star

The 39-year old Ohioan is best known for his searing 2016 memoir about how America’s rust belt became desperate enough to back Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024

Trump picks Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his Republican running mate

Trump unveils his VP pick on social media as supporters gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

Al Jazeera · Jul 15, 2024