J.D. Vance’s Journey: Former U.S. President Donald Trump recently named James David Vance as the new Vice-presidential candidate for the upcoming elections 2024. This move has heightened the world’s curiosity in how just a one-term Senator could become the running mate of Donald Trump.
The supporters of the Republican Party have applauded this move, whereas political analysts try hard to decode Trump’s strategy of trusting Vance despite lack of enough political experience. Let’s take a look at J.D. Vance’s life and rise in politics, in this article.
J.D. Vance’s Journey: Highlights
- James David Vance aka J.D. Vance is a U.S. Senator whose name has recently gained significant attention.
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump selected Vance as the Vice-presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, thrusting him into the national spotlight.
- Ironically, Vance was anti-Trump to begin with, and has even called Trump as “America’s Hitler” and an “idiot”.
- However, Vance later apologized for his derogatory comments and supported Trump’s ‘America First Movement’, opposing immigration into the country.
- In recent years, Vance gained Trump’s trust as a reliable ally and had a successful outcome in the 2022 Senate race in Ohio.
- Vance first gained popularity in 2016 when he released his book ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis’.
- Though the reviews of the memoir showcased a wide divide of opinion between the critics and readers, the 2024 election has renewed immense interest in this book and the sales have risen by large numbers.
- While the Republican supporters have lauded Trump’s choice for the new Vice-presidential candidate, European leaders seem to be uneasy at both Trump’s second run as the U.S. President and his running mate.
Who is J.D. Vance?
James David Vance, born on 2nd August 1984 (age 39), is an influential American author and politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Ohio since 2023. In addition to his political career, Vance is a lawyer and venture capitalist, and a member of the Republican Party.
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J.D. Vance’s Journey: He married Usha Chilukuri in 2014, and together they have three children. Vance was born in Middletown, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Yale University. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007.
J.D. Vance’s Political Standing
- J.D. Vance is a United States Senator for Ohio.
- He entered politics in 2021 by announcing his bid for the 2022 U.S. Senate.
- In 2022, he defeated the Democratic nominee Tim Ryan and was elected into the U.S. Senate.
- Donald Trump endorsed Vance which led to his triumphant victory and served as an important turning point for his political career.
- Vance was sworn in as the Senator for Ohio on 3rd January 2023.
- Currently, he has been named as the Vice-presidential candidate by the Former U.S. President Donald Trump.
J.D. Vance’s Work And Beliefs As A Senator
- Vance has always been highly vocal about his views on varied subjects, even before he joined politics.
- As a Senator, one of his strongest opinions has been against America aiding the war-torn Ukraine. He insisted that the U.S. was risking its own national security by helping Ukraine.
- He strongly backs populist economic policies. Ironically, none of his bills have ever materialized so far.
- Vance also introduced bills to stop federal funding to colleges and institutions where anti-Israel demonstrations were observed on campus.
- Additionally, he introduced bills to stop federal funds to those colleges which employ immigrants without proper documentation.
- His strong anti-immigrant stance resonates clearly in his very recent statement at the National Conservatism Conference, “The real to American democracy is that American voters keep on voting for less immigration and our politicians keep on rewarding us with more.”
- Vance has openly criticized the U.S. President Joe Biden’s environment-related policies.
- Terming EV vehicles as a “scam”, he slammed policies encouraging the sale of more electric and hybrid vehicles.
- After a tragic derailment incident in Ohio in 2023, Vance worked on better safety measures for railroads in collaboration with the Democrats.
- Vance is not only seen as a populist, but also as an isolationist. He views China as a big threat to America.
- He has been a strong advocate for the addresseal of and solutions to problems of working class Americans.
Other Significant Milestones
- J.D. Vance is the author of the 2016 bestseller ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis’.
- The book narrates his tumultuous childhood and the struggles of the working class Americans.
- The book has now personified J.D. Vance as the political candidate who champions the cause of working-class citizens, and is seen as a ray of hope for their future.
- His estimated net worth is $10 million. His wealth mainly comes from his work as a venture capitalist.
J.D. Vance’s Journey: Controversial Opinions
- The biggest ghost from J.D. Vance’s past haunting him today is his earlier stance of “I am a ‘never Trump’ guy”, a sentiment he echoed in all his interviews in 2016, after catapulting to fame by the success of his book.
- As soon as the news of Vance’s new candidature spread, his old interviews calling Donald Trump an “idiot”, “reprehensible”, “America’s Hitler” have resurfaced online.
- What brought in this chameleonic shift in Vance? Perhaps, his desire to join politics.
- As one observes, Vance has deleted all his older Twitter posts and retained just recent posts relevant to his election campaign.
- That he has publicly apologized to Trump for his previous judgments, is a publicly known fact.
- The hints of this drastic turnaround can, perhaps, be traced to the very book which today stands as a symbol of Vance being a commoner’s ray of hope in America. In his memoir, Vance has criticized “poor people for their laziness”, a quality which he seems to have overcome and therefore, reconciled with Trump, securing himself as the Vice-presidential candidate.
- Another significant controversy that Vance was involved in was on his shocking comments on being asked whether abortion should be allowed for people who were rape or incest victims.
- Vance said, “society shouldn’t view pregnancy or birth resulting from rape or incest as inconvenient”, supporting anti-abortion laws without exceptions in multiple interviews.
- However, Vance has adopted a milder stance on anti-abortion laws ever since campaigning with Trump for the 2024 elections.
This Human Life is given to us to attain Salvation
We see people everywhere around us running behind name, fame and gathering opportunities to earn more and more money. But the question arises how long it will last? We can take nothing after our deaths. And even the richest persons are seen short of happiness in their lives. Then why roam after money? The primary goal of this human life is salvation.
We have attained this human birth to attain salvation by worshiping Supreme God Kabir. In the absence of it we are wandering here like animals only, taking birth doing our day to day tasks and then dying at the end. The comfort we have here doesn’t differentiate us from being an animal whereas our initiative of worshiping God Kabir and attaining salvation to become immortal will. Salvation can be attained by going into the refuge of a Complete Saint. Saint Garibdas ji has said in His holy verses that:
Garib, Bin updesh achambh hai, Kyun jeewat hai pran|
Bin bhakti kaha thaur hai, Nar naahi pashan||
Who is a Complete Saint?
Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj from Haryana, India is the only Complete Saint in the present era. He has successfully decoded the Holy Geeta ji chapter 15 verse 1-4 in accordance with the creation of the universe and explained all the parts of an upside down tree resembling the parts of the universe. This is the proof and the identification of Him being a Complete Saint.
Moreover the method of worship given by Him is raising the dead and curing the life threatening diseases, giving life extensions to His devotees which is enough to prove that He is the sole representative of Supreme God Kabir here. Further the teachings given by Him to His devotees is abolishing curses like Dowry system, intoxication, corruption, gambling and much more from the society.
In this era of Kalyug where along with advancements of technology, peace, harmony and brotherhood has vanished from the society and we are hampering the nature as well and inviting the natural calamities to fall upon us, Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj is the sole and the last messenger this Earth needs to establish peace, harmony and brotherhood amongst people as by the power of God Kabir, Golden Era can be again be established under the divine leadership of Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj.
Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj has been extending His hand to save humanity and now it’s upon us to make the most of it. To know more visit www.jagatgururampalji.org or you can visit His youtube channel ‘Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’
