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Vance therefore kept his nickname, JD. [6] [7] [8] Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction. [9] He and his sister, Lindsey, were raised primarily by their maternal grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw". [10]
In his 2016 memoir, Sen. JD Vance wrote in awe of his older sister, who, despite an upbringing filled with trauma, broke the cycle of abandonment and dysfunction that defined their childhood.
Although JD Vance's turbulent upbringing and strained relationship with his mother was a major component of “Hillbilly Elegy,” both the book and the 2020 film adaptation, he didn’t consult ...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young.
On McKinley Street, where Vance spent part of his childhood, is a collection of two-story homes with a playground and tennis court nearby. Vance's grandmother lived only a few doors away. Was JD ...
Vance, who lives in Cincinnati, charted his childhood via milestones in President Joe Biden's career, from his Senate vote for the North American Free Trade Agreement to his support for the U.S ...
Usha Vance is a vegetarian who said at the Republican National Convention in 2024 that JD Vance has "adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food from my mother—Indian food.” [72] [73] The Vance couple are residents of Cincinnati , Ohio and have three children; sons Ewan and Vivek, and daughter Mirabel.
Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance waves at a rally in Newtown, Pennsylvania on September 28, 2024. ... The 2016 book outlined Vance's childhood and growing up in Ohio, ...