When Donald Trump first took office, JD Vance boldly declared he would never support him. So how did this conservative venture capitalist-turned-politician win over the former president to become his pick for Republican vice-president?
"An idiot", "reprehensible" and "America's Hitler" are just a few of the words JD Vance has used to describe Donald Trump .It was around the time he was releasing his best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy , a raw insight into growing up poor in rural Ohio.
"I want people to understand the American dream as my family and I encountered it. I want people to understand how upward mobility really feels. And I want people to understand something I learned only recently: that for those of us lucky enough to live the American dream, the demons of the life we left behind continue to chase us."
After four years in the US Marines, serving in Iraq as a combat correspondent, Vance returned to Ohio State University and Yale Law School before securing a job as a venture capitalist in California.He then decided to launch his career in politics, but there was a major factor holding him back in the increasingly Trumpian state of Ohio.
"President Trump did a really good job, and I actually think it's a good thing when you see somebody you were wrong about him. You ought to admit the mistake and admit that wrong." "JD Vance is seen very much as not just a supporter of the president's, but a younger version of that. And so I don't think it's terribly surprising to see that the Trump campaign has gone in this direction."Described by Joe Biden as a "clone" of Donald Trump, the staunch conservative aligns with his running mate on everything from abortion to the war in Ukraine.
Vance appears to be echoing Trump in distancing himself from more hardline anti-abortion policies floated by Project 2025, a group of leading conservative organisations aiming to shape the policy agenda for a second Trump presidency.Trump's march to re-take the White House defiantly continues. If he wins he'll have an "army" of 10,000 recruits at his disposal to help implement his controversial agenda."Donald Trump is the pragmatic leader here.
Vance has been described as a Trump "clone" when it comes to key policies, and a younger version of the former president in terms of voter appeal.Vance has been a vocal critic of the US' involvement in the war in Ukraine and was central to Republican-led efforts to block a foreign aid package that included $US60 million for Volodymyr Zelenskyy's troops.
"Joe Biden's open border is killing Ohioans, with more illegal drugs and more Democrat voters pouring into this country," he says to camera.He even turns the issue personal by recounting how his mother was beset by the scourge of drugs flooding in from Mexico.
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