JD Vance

Some of the key events about JD Vance

• 2003

  Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in Iraq
• 2009

  Graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Philosophy
• 2013

  Earned a law degree from Yale Law School
• 2016

  Published the bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis"
• 2016

  Criticized Appalachian culture as "broken" and "hillbilly" in his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy"
• 2017

  Returned to Ohio and founded "Our Ohio Renewal", a nonprofit organization addressing social problems
• 2018

  Became a contributing writer for CNN
• 2018

  Supported Republican candidates who promoted false claims about the 2016 election
• 2019

  Joined Revolution LLC, an investment firm, as a principal
• 2019

  Defended pharmaceutical companies during the opioid crisis
• 2020

  Launched Narya Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Midwest investments
• 2020

  Expressed skepticism about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2021

  Announced candidacy for the United States Senate in Ohio
• 2021

  Reversed previous criticisms of Donald Trump to gain political support
• 2021

  Promoted unsubstantiated claims of election fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election
• 2022

  Won the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Ohio
• 2022

  Opposed U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia
• 2022

  Suggested that women should stay in violent marriages for the sake of their children
• 2022

  Proposed eliminating federal funding for schools that teach "critical race theory"
• 2023

  Voted against a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would have benefited his constituents

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