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On July 17, Sen. Vance spoke about his grandmother during a speech at the Republican National Convention, noting that at the time of her death, the 72-year-old had an ample supply of firearms ...
Later in his half-hour-long speech, Vance told the story of sorting through his grandmother's belongings after her death in 2015, and finding 19 loaded handguns. "They were stashed all over her ...
Aside from Vance himself, the central character in “Hillbilly Elegy” is his grandmother Bonnie Blanton Vance, known as Mamaw. She is portrayed in the book — and in the film adaptation by ...
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.
Usha Bala Chilukuri Vance (born January 6, 1986) [2] is an American lawyer who has been the second lady of the United States since January 20, 2025, being married to Vice President JD Vance. A former trial lawyer, she has also worked with justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the first Indian American and Hindu American in ...
In 2010–2011, Vance wrote for David Frum's "FrumForum" website under the name J. D. Hamel. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Although Hillbilly Elegy states that he adopted his grandparents' surname of Vance upon his marriage in 2014, [ 24 ] the name change actually occurred in 2013, as Vance was about to graduate from Yale with a Juris Doctor degree.
J.D. Vance's mom, Beverly Aikins Beverly hugs her son at the 2024 Republican National Convention Chip Somodevilla - Getty Images J.D.'s mom, Beverly Vance (b. 1961), now goes by Beverley "Bev" Aikins.
The grandparents Vance lovingly called Mamaw and Papaw had moved to Ohio after his grandmother, Bonnie Blanton, became pregnant at 13 – his grandfather, James Vance, just a few years older.