Lets Talk About J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s Running Mate.

Suffice it to say that I’m definitely not a fan.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 16, 2024
Photo by Dalton Caraway on Unsplash

And it’s official: Former president and current candidate Donald Trump now has a running mate for the 2024 election, and it’s none other than Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

So, who is he?

What does J.D. Vance bring to the Trump campaign and what values would he represent in the White House?

Naturally, with social media being what it is it didn’t take to find out some things about him and suffice it to say, I’m not exactly a fan.

Back in 2022 when Vance began to emerge on the political scene, Aila Slisco with Newsweek reported:

“J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed Republican nominee to replace retiring GOP Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, is facing fierce backlash over a report that he made comments urging women to stay in “violent” marriages, which he has denied.

Vance lashed out at people who “shift spouses like they change their underwear” during a talk at Pacifica Christian High School in Newport Beach, California, last September, according to an article published on Monday by Vice News. The Ohio Republican and Hillbilly Elegy author said that “one of the great tricks that I think the sexual revolution pulled on the American…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx