Vance: A Man of Many Names

JD Vance, Donald Trump's 2024 Running Mate

James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman on August 2, 1984) is an American author, venture capitalist, politician, lawyer, and former United States Marine. He is known as JD Vance, the American politician, and Donald Trump's 2024 running mate, and also as James Donald Vance, the American Republican politician and author who has been the junior United States Senator from Ohio since 2023.

John Holbrook Vance: American Writer

John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. While best known for the Dying Earth series, he also published work under the pseudonyms Ellery Queen, John Van See, Peter Held, and Jay Kavan.

James David Vance, born August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio, US, is best known as the author of Hillbilly Elegy (2016), a best-selling memoir of his upbringing in a Rust Belt town.