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JD Vance is married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, whom he met in 2013 while both were students at Yale Law School. They married in Kentucky on the 14th of June 2014 in an interfaith ceremony. The couple has three children, with a fourth due in the summer of 2026.
JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman on the 2nd of August 1984, in Middletown, Ohio. After his mother remarried, his name was changed to James David Hamel. He adopted his mother's maiden name, becoming James David Vance, in April 2013.
JD Vance wrote Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, published by Harper in June 2016. The book was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2016 and 2017 and was adapted into a film released in November 2020.
JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States at noon on the 20th of January 2025. Justice Brett Kavanaugh administered the oath.
JD Vance served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, from 2003 to 2007, as a combat correspondent with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. He deployed to Iraq in 2005 for six months in a non-combat role and left the service holding the rank of corporal.
JD Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a televised Oval Office meeting on the 28th of February 2025. Vance called it 'disrespectful' for Zelenskyy to argue with Trump in front of the media, and the meeting ended with Zelenskyy's delegation asked to leave the White House. A planned minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States was called off as a result.