US Senate career of JD Vance

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In early 2018, Vance considered running for the U.S. Senate against Sherrod Brown,{{Cite news |last=Gomez |first=Henry |date=January 10, 2018 |title=J.D. Vance Is Now Seriously Considering Running For Senate In Ohio |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/henrygomez/jd-vance-is-now-seriously-considering-running-for-senate-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713190103/https://www.buzzfeed.com/henrygomez/jd-vance-is-now-seriously-considering-running-for-senate-in |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=January 11, 2018 |work=BuzzFeed}} but did not.{{Cite news |last=Carozza |first=Vinny |date=January 19, 2018 |title=Middletown native and Ohio State grad decides against Senate run |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/middletown-native-and-ohio-state-grad-decides-against-senate-run/hqT6uM1G7soK9mKu3pXDAN/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191423/https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/middletown-native-and-ohio-state-grad-decides-against-senate-run/hqT6uM1G7soK9mKu3pXDAN/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Dayton Daily News}} In March 2021, Peter Thiel gave $10 million to Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC created in February to support a potential Vance candidacy.{{Cite news |last=Kinery |first=Emma |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/peter-thiel-mercer-family-back-potential-j-d-vance-senate-run |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413065210/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/peter-thiel-mercer-family-back-potential-j-d-vance-senate-run |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Bloomberg Businessweek}}{{Cite news |last=Mathis-Lilley |first=Ben |date=March 18, 2021 |title=J.D. Vance's Potential Senate Campaign Is Shaping Up as a Vicious Assault on People Like J.D. Vance |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/jd-vance-senate-campaign-sleazy-populism.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413065210/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/jd-vance-senate-campaign-sleazy-populism.html |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Slate}}{{Cite news |last=Balmert |first=Jessie |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Super PAC supporting potential Senate candidate J.D. Vance gets $10 million donation from PayPal cofounder |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/03/15/super-pac-supporting-possible-ohio-senate-candidate-j-d-vance-gets-10-m-donation-peter-thiel/4700540001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315200321/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/03/15/super-pac-supporting-possible-ohio-senate-candidate-j-d-vance-gets-10-m-donation-peter-thiel/4700540001/ |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} This is the most significant amount ever given to a single Senate candidate.{{Cite news |last=Isenstadt |first=Alex |date=May 3, 2022 |title=A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel’s big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/03/jd-vance-win-ohio-primary-00029881 |access-date=March 29, 2025 |work=Politico}} Robert Mercer also gave an undisclosed amount. In April, Vance expressed interest in running for the Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman.{{Cite news |last=Primack |first=Dan |date=April 15, 2021 |title=J.D. Vance tells associates he plans to run for Senate in Ohio |url=https://www.axios.com/jd-vance-ohio-senate-4f3455d1-20c0-428b-8569-a9d11306ba9f.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418163541/https://www.axios.com/jd-vance-ohio-senate-4f3455d1-20c0-428b-8569-a9d11306ba9f.html |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Axios}} In May, he launched an exploratory committee.{{Cite news |last=De Lea |first=Brittany |date=May 12, 2021 |title='Hillbilly Elegy' author J.D. Vance forms exploratory committee to run for Senate seat in Ohio: report |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/j-d-vance-exploratory-committee-ohio-senate-seat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512022228/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/j-d-vance-exploratory-committee-ohio-senate-seat |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2021 |publisher=Fox News}} Vance announced his Senate campaign in Ohio on July 1, 2021.{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Ian |date=July 15, 2024 |title=55 Things to Know About JD Vance, Trump's VP Pick |newspaper=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/15/jd-vance-55-things-trump-vp-00167882 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715205227/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/15/jd-vance-55-things-trump-vp-00167882 |url-status=live}} On April 15, 2022, Trump endorsed Vance, who had criticized him in the past.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/04/09/ohio-gop-senate-hopeful-mike-gibbons-middle-class-pay-taxes/9525029002/|title=Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Mike Gibbons: Middle class doesn't pay fair share|first=Julie Carr|last=Smyth|website=The Columbus Dispatch}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/15/1093148912/trump-endorses-j-d-vance-wading-into-ohios-contentious-republican-senate-primary|title=Trump endorses J.D. Vance, wading into Ohio's contentious Republican Senate primary|first=Eric|last=McDaniel|date=April 15, 2022|website=NPR}}

Vance had been trailing in the polls, but as a result of Trump's support, he surged to become the race's frontrunner for the first time and led in most polls up to election day. Meanwhile, State Senator Matt Dolan, who disavowed Trump's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election, saw a late surge after buying ad time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/29/trump-says-matt-dolan-is-not-fit-for-ohios-senate-seat-hes-gaining-ground-anyway-00028824|title=Republican who refuses to bend the knee to Trump surges in Ohio Senate race|first=Natalie|last=Allison|website=POLITICO|date=April 29, 2022 }} Vance won with 32% of the vote with Former state treasurer Josh Mandel in second and Dolan in a close third. The primary was considered by many as a test of Trump's influence over the Republican Party as he won Ohio by 8 points in 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ohio-senate-primary-tests-trump-influence-with-republican-voters-11651577400|title=Trump-Backed J.D. Vance Wins Ohio's GOP Primary for U.S. Senate|first=John McCormick and Chad|last=Day| newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 3, 2022|via=www.wsj.com}} The primary was also the most expensive in the state's history, with the candidates spending a combined $66 million throughout the campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/05/02/ohio-senate-race-gop-spending-hits-64-million-ahead-primary/9512232002/|title='Unprecedented' Ohio Senate race spending hits record $66 million ahead of Tuesday primary|first=Haley|last=BeMiller|website=The Columbus Dispatch}} On May 3, 2022, Vance won the Republican primary with 32% of the vote,{{Cite news |last=Shivaram |first=Deepa |date=May 3, 2022 |title=After Trump's endorsement, J.D. Vance wins a crowded Ohio GOP Senate race, the AP says |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1095662187/ohio-republican-senate-primary-results-vance-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114200312/https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1095662187/ohio-republican-senate-primary-results-vance-trump |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |publisher=NPR}} defeating multiple candidates, including Mandel (23%) and Dolan (22%).{{Cite news |last1=Linton |first1=Caroline |last2=Brewster |first2=Adam |last3=Navarro |first3=Aaron |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Ohio primary results: Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins Republican Senate race |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ohio-primary-election-jd-vance-republican-senate-trump/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504120842/https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ohio-primary-election-jd-vance-republican-senate-trump/ |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=CBS News}} On November 8, in the general election, Vance defeated Democratic nominee Tim Ryan with 53% of the vote to Ryan's 47%.{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Ohio U.S. Senate Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-ohio-us-senate.html }} This vote share was considered a vast underperformance compared to other Ohio Republicans, especially in the coinciding gubernatorial election.{{cite web |last1=Tecotzky |first1=Alice |last2=Dorman |first2=John L. |date=July 24, 2024 |title=JD Vance breaks polling records in the worst way |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-lowest-vice-president-approval-rating-republican-convention-2024-7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725064044/https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-lowest-vice-president-approval-rating-republican-convention-2024-7 |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 27, 2024 |website=Business Insider}} Vance had often previously spelled his name with periods after his initials ("J.D.")—including in the publication of Hillbilly Elegy—but after becoming a candidate for office, he removed the periods ("JD").{{Cite news |last=Smyth |first=Julie Carr |date=July 26, 2024 |title=What's in a name? Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has had many of them |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republicans-vice-president-vance-name-359c3d1361c94f5d2d1e9798b7854477 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=Associated Press News |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727041018/https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republicans-vice-president-vance-name-359c3d1361c94f5d2d1e9798b7854477 |url-status=live}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Ryan | votes=1,939,489|percentage=46.92%|change=N/A}}

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{{Election box total|votes=4,133,342|percentage=100.0%|change=N/A}}

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• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs{{Cite web |title=Sen. J.D. (James) Vance |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jd_james_vance/456876}}
• Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittee
• Housing, Transportation, and Community Development subcommittee
• Securities, Insurance, and Investment subcommittee
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Communications, Media, and Broadband subcommittee
• Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing subcommittee
• Space and Science subcommittee
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

File:Senator JD Vance thanking first responders in East Palestine.jpg, February 2023]]

On January 3, 2023, Vance was sworn in to the US Senate, as a member of the 118th United States Congress. He was the first US senator from Ohio without previous political experience since John Glenn, who took office in 1974.

On February 7, 2023, Vance attended the 2023 State of the Union Address, delivered by 46th president of the United States Joe Biden.

Vance criticized the Biden administration for what he saw as a lackluster response to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The Biden administration said that federal investigators were on scene soon after the derailment, although it later sent Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit the scene as well.{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Axios interview: Sen. J.D. Vance sees "our people" hurt by derailment |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/02/23/jd-vance-ohio-train-derailment-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301195723/https://www.axios.com/2023/02/23/jd-vance-ohio-train-derailment-interview |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Axios}}{{Cite news |date=July 17, 2024 |title=How the East Palestine derailment became a showcase for J.D. Vance's populism |first=Ian |last=Duncan |access-date=January 27, 2025 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/17/vance-republican-convention-populism-palestine-train-derailment/ |newspaper=Washington Post }}

On February 26, 2023, Vance wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post, supporting the provision of PPP style funds to those affected by the derailment, which some Republican senators criticized.{{Cite news |last=Vance |first=J. D. |title=Opinion A PPP plan for East Palestine |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/26/jd-vance-east-palestine-train-derailment-recovery/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Al |date=March 2023 |title=Vance pitches PPP for Ohio while other Republicans say to wait |url=https://www.wkbn.com/hill-politics/vance-pitches-ppp-for-ohio-while-other-republicans-say-to-wait/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=WKBN }}

On March 1, 2023, Vance and Senators Sherrod Brown, John Fetterman, Bob Casey, Josh Hawley, and Marco Rubio proposed bipartisan legislation to prevent derailments like the one in East Palestine.{{Cite web |last=Vance |first=J. D. |date=March 2023 |title=Senators Vance, Brown to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Train Derailment Disasters |url=https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senators-vance-brown-to-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-prevent-train-derailment-disasters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301150638/https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senators-vance-brown-to-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-prevent-train-derailment-disasters/ |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=senate.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Carr Smyth |first=Julie |date=March 2023 |title=Ohio Senators J.D. Vance, Sherrod brown co-sponsor rail safety bill after fiery derailment in East Palestine |url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/state-government/ohio-state-government-news/ohio-senators-j-d-vance-sherrod-brown-co-sponsor-rail-safety-bill-after-fiery-derailment-in-east-palestine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302222626/https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/state-government/ohio-state-government-news/ohio-senators-j-d-vance-sherrod-brown-co-sponsor-rail-safety-bill-after-fiery-derailment-in-east-palestine |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=WCPO}}{{Cite web |last=Everett |first=Burgess |date=March 2, 2023 |title=How J.D. Vance made Dem friends on rail safety |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/vance-dems-rail-safety-00085063 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302100933/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/vance-dems-rail-safety-00085063 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Politico}}

On May 25, 2023, Vance visited the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Franklin County, Ohio.

In June 2023, Vance voted against raising the debt ceiling, standing against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023{{Cite web |last=Folley |first=Aris |date=June 1, 2023 |title=Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618001804/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/ |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill}} and saying it would result in "a reduced military in the face of a rising threat from China".{{cite news |last=BeMiller |first=Haley |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Only one Ohio lawmaker opposed a bipartisan deal to avoid federal government default |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/debt-ceiling-jd-vance-opposes-bipartisan-deal-to-avoid-default/70280810007/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=Cincinnati Enquirer}}

File:JD-Vance NDAA 2024.png, December 2023]]

In June 2023, Vance worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to claw back executive pay when big banks fail.{{Cite news |last=Warmbrodt |first=Zachary |date=1 June 2023 |title=Elizabeth Warren, J.D. Vance team up on bank CEO crackdown |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/warren-vance-failed-banking-crackdown-bill-00099579 |work=Politico |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716165233/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/warren-vance-failed-banking-crackdown-bill-00099579 |url-status=live }}

In July 2023, Vance and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced legislation that would have made gender-affirming care for minors a federal crime, with penalties of up to 12 years in prison.{{Cite web |last=Livingston |first=Doug |date=July 17, 2024 |title=What We Know About J.D. Vance's Legislative Action on Criminal Justice |url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/17/what-we-know-from-sen-j-d-vance-s-legislative-action-on-criminal-justice-issues |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720180634/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/17/what-we-know-from-sen-j-d-vance-s-legislative-action-on-criminal-justice-issues |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Marshall Project |language=en}}

On August 4, 2023, Vance's 39th birthday, he attended the 168th Ohio State Fair with his family.{{Cite tweet |user=SenVancePress |number=1687534941641297920 |title=Senator Vance visits the 168th Ohio State Fair}}

Vance joined a picket line during the 2023 United Auto Workers strike, having appeared at Stellantis Toledo Assembly.{{Cite news |last=Bressner |first=Noah |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Vance on auto strike: Workers "deserve to get their end of the shake" |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/09/20/jd-vance-auto-strike-uaw |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Axios}}{{Cite web |last=Colbert |first=Ethan |date=2023-09-26 |title=Despite past labor positions, Sen. Josh Hawley pledges autoworker support in Wentzville |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/despite-past-labor-positions-sen-josh-hawley-pledges-autoworker-support-in-wentzville/article_86fa88f2-5bd0-11ee-b156-5f1ac7d5dfcb.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029202906/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/despite-past-labor-positions-sen-josh-hawley-pledges-autoworker-support-in-wentzville/article_86fa88f2-5bd0-11ee-b156-5f1ac7d5dfcb.html |url-status=live }}

On March 7, 2024, Vance attended the 2024 State of the Union Address, delivered by President Biden.

In March 2024, Vance and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the Stop Subsidizing Giant Mergers Act, which would end tax-free treatment for corporate mergers and acquisitions of companies above a certain threshold.{{Cite web |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=March 21, 2024 |title=Vance, Whitehouse team up to eliminate tax breaks for corporate consolidation |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4547158-vance-whitehouse-tax-breaks-corporate-consolidation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321190844/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4547158-vance-whitehouse-tax-breaks-corporate-consolidation/ |archive-date=March 21, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill }}{{Cite press release |title=Whitehouse, Vance Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eliminate Tax Breaks for Corporate Consolidation |url=https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-vance-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-eliminate-tax-breaks-for-corporate-consolidation/ |date=21 March 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013839/https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-vance-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-eliminate-tax-breaks-for-corporate-consolidation/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Senator Sheldon Whitehouse }}

On May 9, 2024, Vance and Senators Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley sent a letter to President Biden demanding he block the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel.

File:Letter to President Biden from Senators Vance, Rubio, and Hawley regarding the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel.jpg

In June 2024, Vance sponsored the Dismantle DEI Act, which would ban federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding for agencies, contractors, and organizations receiving federal funds.{{Cite news |last=Daniels |first=Cheyanne M. |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Republicans introduce measure banning DEI in federal government |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4718195-dei-federal-government-ban-republicans/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |first=Sabrina |last=Eaton |date=August 21, 2024 |title=From banning 'X' gender passports to dismantling federal DEI programs: 13 items on JD Vance's legislative wish list |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/08/from-banning-x-gender-passports-to-dismantling-federal-dei-programs-13-items-on-jd-vances-legislative-wish-list.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=cleveland.com |language=en}}

In July 2024, Vance co-sponsored a bill with Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia to lower the price of insulin.{{Cite web |last=Etzel |first=Gabrielle M. |date=2024-07-17 |title=JD Vance has broken with GOP on key healthcare policies - Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3085745/jd-vance-broken-with-gop-key-healthcare-policies/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717160421/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3085745/jd-vance-broken-with-gop-key-healthcare-policies/ |url-status=live }}

On July 15, 2024, after much speculation,{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Harry |date=March 28, 2024 |title=JD Vance's VP prospects could rise after he helped deliver Trump a big Ohio win |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-vp-prospects-trump-ohio-win-rcna145016 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=NBC News}}{{Cite news |last1=Allard |first1=Sam |last2=Basu |first2=Zachary |date=January 19, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance is on Trump's VP shortlist |url=https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/01/19/vance-trump-vp-short-list |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Axios}}{{Cite news |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=May 12, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance Says He Would Accept the Election Results, With a Caveat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/us/politics/jd-vance-vice-president-trump.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times}} Vance was selected as Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 United States presidential election.{{Cite web |last1=Colvin |first1=Jill |last2=Peoples |first2=Steve |last3=Carr Smyth |first3=Julie |last4=Miller |first4=Zeke |date=2024-07-15 |title=Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-vice-president-vance-rubio-burgum-rnc-6cc438a8370a21b2631f5a53b06b71d0 |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=Associated Press |language=en}} Later that same day, Vance formally accepted his party's nomination for vice president of the United States at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |last1=Homan |first1=Maya |last2=Pfannenstiel |first2=Brianne |date=July 15, 2024 |title=At RNC, delegates formally nominate Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/15/rnc-2024-delegates-formally-nominate-jd-vance-for-vice-president/74416559007/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=USA Today}}

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Vance was not present for any Senate votes during his vice-presidential campaign.{{cite news |last=Eaton |first=Sabrina |date=October 21, 2024 |title=JD Vance has missed every U.S. Senate vote since becoming Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/10/jd-vance-has-missed-every-us-senate-vote-since-becoming-donald-trumps-vice-presidential-running-mate.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Cleveland.com}}{{cite news |last1=Caldwell |first1=Leigh Ann |last2=Meyer |first2=Theodoric |last3=Dent |first3=Alec |date=September 25, 2024 |title=JD Vance has been MIA in the Senate. Does it matter? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/25/jd-vance-has-been-mia-senate-does-it-matter/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925121058/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/25/jd-vance-has-been-mia-senate-does-it-matter/ |url-status=live }}

After the Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election, Vance called on Biden to resign from office.{{Cite web |last=Teshome |first=Eden |date=July 20, 2024 |title=Vance calls on Biden to resign: 'If you can't run, you can't serve' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4783851-vance-calls-on-biden-to-resign/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill}}

On September 11, 2024, Vance and Trump attended the 23rd anniversary commemoration of the September 11 attacks at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.{{Cite web |last1=Peltz |first1=Jennifer |last2=Matthews |first2=Karen |date=2024-09-11 |title=9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero |url=https://apnews.com/article/911-attacks-anniversary-2024-52ddad8ed7f62e155644f0ae6eda96ec |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=Associated Press |language=en}}

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On November 5, 2024, Vance was elected the 50th vice president of the United States, serving as vice president-elect concurrent to his role as a senator until his resignation.

On December 14, 2024, Vance attended the 2024 Army–Navy Game, alongside Trump, Elon Musk, Daniel Penny, Pete Hegseth, Ron DeSantis, Mike Johnson, John Thune, Dave McCormick, Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Manchin, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Susie Wiles, Mike Waltz, Julia Nesheiwat, Will Cain, and Jason Miller.{{Cite web |last=Kashinsky |first=Lisa |date=2024-12-15 |title=Playbook: Trump's Army-Navy playbook |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/12/15/trumps-army-navy-playbook-00194412 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}

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Following the defeat of Sherrod Brown in the 2024 United States Senate election in Ohio, Vance became Ohio's senior senator on January 3, 2025, after the swearing-in of Bernie Moreno.

On January 6, 2025, Vance voted to certify the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.{{Cite web |last1=Mascaro |first1=Lisa |last2=Jolanick |first2=Mary Clare |last3=Amiri |first3=Farnoush |last4=Brown |first4=Matt |date=2025-01-06 |title=Congress certifies Trump's 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of four years ago |url=https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-trump-election-certification-capitol-b8284b9b6b22f78ab7f23f8c8b3c3da3 |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=Associated Press |language=en}}

On January 9, 2025, Vance attended the funeral of Jimmy Carter, alongside the current and living former vice presidents.{{Cite web |last=Epstein |first=Kayla |date=2025-01-09 |title=In pictures: Handshakes, smiles and stares as five presidents meet at Carter's funeral |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjdjz3pdd0o |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=BBC News |language=en}}

Vance served for the first seven days of the 119th United States Congress before resigning on January 10, 2025 in preparation to assume the vice presidency.{{cite web |last=Fortinsky |first=Sarah |title=Vance resigning his Senate seat at midnight |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5077897-vance-resigning-his-senate-seat-at-midnight/ |website=The Hill |access-date=January 27, 2025 |date=January 9, 2025}}

In January 2023 Vance advocated for the U.S. Department of Justice to enforce the Comstock Act of 1873 to ban the mailing of drugs that induce abortion.{{cite news |last1=Lerer |first1=Lisa |title=Opposition to Abortion Rights Is at Center of J.D. Vance's Political Career |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/jd-vance-abortion.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240717234910/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/jd-vance-abortion.html |archive-date=July 17, 2024}} In June 2024, the Supreme Court at least temporarily preserved access to mifepristone,{{Cite web |last=Putterman |first=Samantha |date=July 16, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance is Trump's VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/who-is-jd-vance-controversy-trump-comments-fact-check/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Poynter |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716144127/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/who-is-jd-vance-controversy-trump-comments-fact-check/ |url-status=live }} after which Trump said during a debate that he "agree[d] with their decision" and would not "block" the drug.{{Cite news |last=Vakil |first=Caroline |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Trump says he will not block access to mifepristone |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4744790-donald-trump-abortion-mifepristone-debate/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Hill |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716034524/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4744790-donald-trump-abortion-mifepristone-debate/ |url-status=live }} In July, a week before Vance was announced as Trump's running mate, Vance told NBC's Meet the Press that he likewise supported access to mifepristone.

Vance also signed a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting the withdrawal of a privacy rule preventing law enforcement from accessing abortion related health records.{{Cite magazine |last=Hartmann |first=Thom |date=2024-07-23 |title=J.D. Vance Wants Kamala Harris to Be "Grateful" for White Male Power |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/184142/jd-vance-attacks-kamala-harris-grateful-white-male-power |access-date=January 27, 2025 |magazine=The New Republic |archive-date=2024-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728192227/https://newrepublic.com/article/184142/jd-vance-attacks-kamala-harris-grateful-white-male-power |url-status=live }}

In August 2024, Vance was interviewed by Laura Ingraham, who brought up that suburban women are worried that abortion could be banned nationwide. He responded: "I don't buy that ... I think most suburban women care about the normal things most Americans care about right now."{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Robert |title=Walz to grill Vance on Project 2025 in first vice-presidential debate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/vp-debate-walz-vance-project-2025 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902004509/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/vp-debate-walz-vance-project-2025 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Blanchet |first1=Ben |title=Tim Walz Shuts Down JD Vance's Abortion Take Using His Own Words Against Him |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-walz-jd-vance-women-abortion-normal-things_n_66bd759ee4b032172d016048 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=HuffPost |date=August 15, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815224222/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-walz-jd-vance-women-abortion-normal-things_n_66bd759ee4b032172d016048 |url-status=live }} Vance also said that, if Congress passed a national abortion ban, Trump would and should veto it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-says-trump-veto-national-abortion-ban-rcna168084|title=JD Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban|date=August 25, 2024|website=NBC News}}

During the October 1, 2024, vice-presidential nominees' debate, Vance said he "never supported a national ban" on abortion, despite having said in 2022 that he "certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally" and pledging during his 2022 Senate campaign to "end abortion".{{cite magazine |last1=Alter |first1=Charlotte |title=J.D. Vance Tries to Gaslight America Into Thinking He's Moderate on Abortion |url=https://time.com/7027577/vance-walz-debate-abortion/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |magazine=Time |date=October 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Glenn |title=Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Vance and Walz |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/02/fact-check-vp-debate-vance-walz/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241002080841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/02/fact-check-vp-debate-vance-walz/ |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ashley |last2=Kitchener |first2=Caroline |title=Vance peddles Trump agenda in softer tones, misleading ways during debate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/02/vance-abortion-debate-maga-walz-trump/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 2, 2024}}

Vance's economic views in the Senate have been described as "economic populism" and sometimes "economic nationalism".{{Cite podcast |host=Ezra Klein |author-link=Ezra Klein |date=2024-07-17 |title=Opinion {{!}} The Economic Theory Behind J.D. Vance's Populism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-oren-cass.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717140525/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-oren-cass.html |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |last2=Siegel |first2=Rachel |last3=Stein |first3=Jeff |last4=Vozella |first4=Laura |date=17 July 2024 |title='Economic nationalism' at the RNC clashes with Trump's pitch to donors |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/17/trump-vance-economy-workers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717111539/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/17/trump-vance-economy-workers/ |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} This view has elements of protectionism, particularly with regard to re-shoring of American industry, especially manufacturing, and protecting American jobs more generally. Vance has also expressed openness to a weaker U.S. dollar as a reserve currency, in order for American exports to be more competitive with other markets.{{Cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |date=16 July 2024 |title=Trump-Vance Administration Could Herald New Era for Dollar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/trump-vance-us-dollar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722060826/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/trump-vance-us-dollar.html |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times}} His economic views are considered unorthodox in the Republican Party.{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Jeff |date=July 15, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance pick unnerves GOP's business elite, thrills populists |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/15/vance-trump-economy-gop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716044832/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/15/vance-trump-economy-gop/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}} He supports tariffs and antitrust policy.{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2024 |title=Bash the banks, maybe raise taxes: Inside Vance's policy agenda |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/15/jd-vance-agenda-policies-00168467 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715233321/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/15/jd-vance-agenda-policies-00168467 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Politico}}{{Cite news |last1=Arnsdorf |first1=Isaac |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |last3=LeVine |first3=Marianne |date=July 16, 2024 |title=How Trump got to 'yes' on Vance |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/15/why-trump-vp-vpick-jd-vance/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |quote=Major Republican donors opposed Vance because they viewed his inclination toward economic populism as hostile to their model of small-government, free-market conservatism. |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716035912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/15/why-trump-vp-vpick-jd-vance/ |url-status=live }} His open support for striking auto workers, in particular, surprised many in the party.{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Andrew |date=July 15, 2024 |title=JD Vance eyes shift in Republican Party |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-eyes-shift-republican-party-1925499 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716020901/https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-eyes-shift-republican-party-1925499 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Newsweek}} While Vance has indicated opposition to tax increases overall, he supports increases for certain taxes on university endowments, corporate mergers, and large multinationals. He supports increasing the minimum wage and is highly skeptical of the economic and social contributions of large corporations.{{Cite web |last=Rothove |first=Ben |date=2024-07-16 |title=JD Vance is the Republican voice for progressivism |website= Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3085879/vance-republican-voice-for-progressivism/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717192648/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3085879/vance-republican-voice-for-progressivism/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Pfeiffer |first1=Sacha |last2=Wessell |first2=David |date=17 July 2024 |title=Examining the economic policy of J.D. Vance, Trump's vice presidential nominee |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5041742/examining-the-economic-policy-of-j-d-vance-trumps-vice-presidential-nominee |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812033047/https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5041742/examining-the-economic-policy-of-j-d-vance-trumps-vice-presidential-nominee |url-status=live }}

Vance has expressed concern that large tech companies have too much influence in politics and the flow of information and has called to "break up" Google, as well as implying he believes Meta should be split up.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Nick |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Critical of Big Tech, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance stakes out antitrust position in line with Biden admin • Ohio Capital Journal |url=https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/03/04/critical-of-big-tech-u-s-sen-j-d-vance-stakes-out-antitrust-position-in-line-with-biden-admin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013845/https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/03/04/critical-of-big-tech-u-s-sen-j-d-vance-stakes-out-antitrust-position-in-line-with-biden-admin/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Ohio Capital Journal }}{{Cite web |last=Altus |first=Kristen |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Ohio senator demands Google 'breakup' amid Gemini debacle: 'One of the most dangerous companies in the world' |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ohio-senator-google-shakedown-gemini-debacle-one-most-dangerous-companies-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013839/https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ohio-senator-google-shakedown-gemini-debacle-one-most-dangerous-companies-world |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=Fox Business }} He has said that Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Lina Khan is "doing a pretty good job", citing her antitrust enforcement against tech firms.{{Cite web |last=Klar |first=Rebecca |date=February 27, 2024 |title=Vance: Biden FTC chief is 'doing a pretty good job' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4491363-vance-biden-ftc-chief-is-doing-a-pretty-good-job/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319061103/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4491363-vance-biden-ftc-chief-is-doing-a-pretty-good-job/ |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill }} Vance and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the Stop Subsidizing Giant Mergers Act, which would end tax-free treatment for corporate mergers and acquisitions of companies above a certain threshold.{{Cite web |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=March 21, 2024 |title=Vance, Whitehouse team up to eliminate tax breaks for corporate consolidation |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4547158-vance-whitehouse-tax-breaks-corporate-consolidation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321190844/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4547158-vance-whitehouse-tax-breaks-corporate-consolidation/ |archive-date=March 21, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill }}{{Cite press release |title=Whitehouse, Vance Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eliminate Tax Breaks for Corporate Consolidation |url=https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-vance-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-eliminate-tax-breaks-for-corporate-consolidation/ |date=21 March 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013839/https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-vance-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-eliminate-tax-breaks-for-corporate-consolidation/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Senator Sheldon Whitehouse }}

In September 2024, Vance visited a Reading, Pennsylvania supermarket, where he complained that "a dozen eggs will cost you around $4" and blamed Kamala Harris for it. Video of Vance's visit showed that the store's price tag for a dozen eggs was under $3.{{cite news |last1=Higgs |first1=Robert |title=JD Vance inflates egg prices to criticize Harris on economy: JD Vance in the news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2024/09/jd-vance-inflates-egg-prices-to-criticize-harris-on-economy-jd-vance-in-the-news.html?outputType=amp |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=cleveland.com |date=September 23, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Lubin |first1=Rhian |title=JD Vance mocked for another botched photo opp — as he blames Harris for eggs costing $4 while standing in front of a $2.99 display |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-eggs-kamala-harris-b2617527.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Independent |date=September 23, 2024}}

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Vance has regularly framed himself as a union ally, even going so far as to explicitly support labor in the 2023 United Auto Workers strike, which many in his party criticized. Despite this, his legislative record has been criticized by some union leaders. Vance also opposes the PRO Act, which expands protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain, instead voicing support for proposals by the conservative group American Compass, which includes workers' councils and sectoral bargaining.{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Ian |date=2024-03-15 |title=Is There Something More Radical than MAGA? J.D. Vance Is Dreaming It. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/15/mr-maga-goes-to-washington-00147054 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318140514/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/15/mr-maga-goes-to-washington-00147054 |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Politico}}{{Cite web |last1=Metzger |first1=Bryan |last2=Naughton |first2=Nora |date=September 26, 2023 |title='Just shut your mouth:' Populist Republicans back UAW workers' demands while slamming union leadership |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/vance-hawley-republicans-uaw-strikes-shawn-fain-labor-2023-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317120910/https://www.businessinsider.com/vance-hawley-republicans-uaw-strikes-shawn-fain-labor-2023-9 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Business Insider}} Based on his voting record in the Senate, the AFL-CIO has scored him at 0% on its Legislative Scorecard.{{cite web |title=Sen. J.D. Vance AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard |url=https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators/jd-vance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513001351/https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators/jd-vance |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=AFL-CIO}} On the other hand, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien has praised Vance and other Republicans for "listening to unions and standing up to corporations",{{Cite web |last=Lucas |first=Fred |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Teamsters Chief Praises JD Vance, Among Other GOP Lawmakers, at Convention |url=https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/16/teamsters-chief-praises-jd-vance-among-other-gop-lawmakers-at-convention/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716060517/https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/16/teamsters-chief-praises-jd-vance-among-other-gop-lawmakers-at-convention/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Daily Signal}} for which O'Brien was criticized by other union leaders, including from within the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters union itself.{{Cite news |last=Sainato |first=Michael |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Teamsters president faces backlash over 'unconscionable' GOP convention speech |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/teamsters-boss-gop-convention-speech-backlash |work=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last1=Gurley |first1=Lauren Kaori |last2=Stein |first2=Jeff |date=July 17, 2024 |title='Betrayed': Unions, White House irate over Teamsters president's RNC speech |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/17/teamsters-rnc-union-biden/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240718041136/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/17/teamsters-rnc-union-biden/ |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{Cite news |last=Irwin |first=Lauren |date=July 19, 2024 |title=Teamsters exec announces challenge to O'Brien after RNC speech |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4783088-teamsters-exec-challenge-obrien-rnc-speech/ |work=The Hill |access-date=January 27, 2025 }} Vance has criticized "right-to-work" anti-trade union laws.

AFL-CIO president and Democratic Party lobbyist Liz Shuler{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2009/09/oregon_labor_leader_moves_into.html |last=Mapes |first=Jeff |title=Oregon Labor Leader Moves Into No. 2 Spot at AFL-CIO |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007020712/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/oregon_labor_leader_moves_into.html |archive-date=2012-10-07 |work=The Oregonian |date=September 17, 2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nwlaborpress.org/2009/0717/7-17-09AFL.html |title=Former Oregonian Runs for AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302130351/https://nwlaborpress.org/2009/0717/7-17-09AFL.html |archive-date=2024-03-02 |work=Northwest Labor Press |date=July 17, 2009 }} has said: "A Trump–Vance administration would be a dream for corporate CEOs but a nightmare for workers. Sen. JD Vance likes to pose as a union supporter on the picket line, but his record proves to be a sham. He has introduced legislation to allow bosses to bypass their workers' unions with phony corporate-run unions, disparaged striking UAW members while collecting hefty donations from one of the major auto companies, and opposed the landmark Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would end union-busting 'right to work' laws and make it easier for workers to form unions and win strong contracts."{{Cite web |title='A Corporate CEO's Dream': Labor Unions Blast Trump-Vance Ticket |work=Common Dreams |date=16 July 2024 |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/unions-trump-vance |access-date=January 27, 2025 |first=Jake |last=Johnson |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725021012/https://www.commondreams.org/news/unions-trump-vance |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Morrow |first=Allison |date=2024-07-17 |title=JD Vance's populist persona leaves pro-worker groups skeptical |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/business/jd-vance-populist-pro-worker/index.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=CNN |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721105216/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/business/jd-vance-populist-pro-worker/index.html |url-status=live }}

Vance said in 2024 that he opposed cuts to Social Security or Medicare, and opposed privatizing Social Security.{{Cite web |last1=Waldron |first1=Travis |last2=Delaney |first2=Arthur |date=July 13, 2022 |title=J.D. Vance Ditches Past Support For Social Security Cuts |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-ohio-senate-blake-masters-social-security_n_62cede26e4b0eef119c132fb |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=HuffPost UK |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716023857/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-ohio-senate-blake-masters-social-security_n_62cede26e4b0eef119c132fb |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Omar |date=2024-07-15 |title=JD Vance Vice President: What He's Said About Social Security |url=https://www.newsweek.com/www-newsweek-com-jdvance-vice-president-what-he-said-about-social-security-1925465 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Newsweek |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716062735/https://www.newsweek.com/www-newsweek-com-jdvance-vice-president-what-he-said-about-social-security-1925465 |url-status=live }} He has said concerns about the long-term solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund are overstated, and that increasing labor force participation and birth rate would sustain the system.

In 2023, Vance introduced a bill that would make English the United States' official language.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Jared |date=March 30, 2023 |title=JD Vance Bill Sets English as Official Language |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3926341-jd-vance-bill-sets-english-as-official-language/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625101322/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3926341-jd-vance-bill-sets-english-as-official-language/ |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Hill |location=Washington, D.C.}}{{Cite web |last=Eaton |first=Sabrina |date=March 30, 2023 |title=U.S. Sen. JD Vance wants to declare English the U.S. Official language |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/03/us-sen-jd-vance-wants-to-declare-english-the-us-official-language.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625095817/https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/03/us-sen-jd-vance-wants-to-declare-english-the-us-official-language.html |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=cleveland.com}}

In September 2024, Vance said "Haitian illegal immigrants" were "draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio. Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn't be in this country". Both the Springfield city manager and the Springfield police responded that "there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community". Springfield authorities also said, "Haitian immigrants are here legally, under the Immigration Parole Program".{{cite news |last1=Bernal |first1=Rafael |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Vance pushes false accusations of Haitians eating pets |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4869901-vance-haitians-eating-pets-ohio-trump/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Hill}}{{cite news |last1=Ingram |first1=David |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Ohio police have 'no credible reports' of Haitian immigrants harming pets, contradicting JD Vance's claim |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/jd-vance-ohio-police-no-reports-haitian-immigrants-harming-pets-rcna170271 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NBC News}} Vance then said that it was "possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false", but also told his supporters: "Keep the cat memes flowing."{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=Kit |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Vance says false claim he spread against Haitian migrants may not be true but urges followers to keep posting 'cat memes' |url=https://cnn.com/2024/09/10/politics/jd-vance-haitian-immigrants |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=CNN}}

After Vance's claim about Haitians eating pets was disputed, he said: "Do you know what’s confirmed? That a child was murdered by a Haitian migrant who had no right to be here."{{cite news |last1=Jingnan |first1=Huo |last2=Garsd |first2=Jasmine |date=September 10, 2024 |title=JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5107320/jd-vance-springfield-ohio-haitians-pets |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NPR}}{{cite news |last1=Fortinsky |first1=Sarah |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Bus crash victim's father reprimands Trump and Vance for politicizing son's death |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4874800-nathan-clark-trump-vance-immigration/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Hill}} The child's father responded: "My son, Aiden Clark, was not murdered. He was accidentally killed by an immigrant from Haiti."{{cite news |last1=Paybarah |first1=Azi |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Grieving Ohio father to Trump and Vance: Stop using my son 'for political gain' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/11/trump-vance-aiden-clark-death-ohio-haitian-immigrants/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240911205932/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/11/trump-vance-aiden-clark-death-ohio-haitian-immigrants/ |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Aiden died in an accidental vehicular collision. His father accused "morally bankrupt politicians ... JD Vance and Donald Trump" of using Aiden's "death for political gain", saying "This needs to stop now", and wishing that "the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone". Vance also alleged a "massive rise in communicable diseases" in Springfield, but Clark County's health commissioner reported having "not seen a substantial increase in all reportable communicable diseases" and that non-COVID reportable communicable diseases were lower in 2023 than anytime since 2016.{{Cite news |last1=Lozano |first1=Alicia |last2=Li |first2=David |date=September 14, 2024 |title=Bomb threats force second consecutive day of school closures in Springfield, Ohio |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bomb-threats-force-second-consecutive-day-school-closures-springfield-rcna171043 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NBC News |language=en}}

Later that month, Vance promoted conservative activist Christopher Rufo's allegation that African migrants were eating cats in Dayton, Ohio, and criticized Kamala Harris and the media, calling the allegation "another 'debunked' story that turned out to have merit". The allegation was based on an August 2023 video of skinned animals being grilled, which drew comments that the animals resembled chickens. Dayton police responded, "there is no evidence to even remotely suggest that any group, including our immigrant community, is engaged in eating pets". Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims reported "absolutely zero reports of this type of activity".{{cite news |last1=Valdez |first1=Aaron |date=September 14, 2024 |title=JD Vance shares social media post about immigrants cooking pets in Dayton, city refutes it |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/09/14/dayton-officials-debunk-rumors-of-migrants-eating-pets/75226286007/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Cincinnati Enquirer}}{{cite news |last1=Tarrant |first1=Rhona |date=September 14, 2024 |title=Ohio police dispute new allegations immigrants are eating pets in Dayton |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-police-dispute-new-allegations-immigrants-are-eating-pets-in-dayton/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=CBS News}} Vance continued to defend his claim that Haitian migrants eat cats, saying he was willing "to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention … we're creating a story, meaning we're creating the American media focusing on it."{{cite news |last1=Astor |first1=Maggie |title=Vance Sticks By Pet-Eating Claims and Says He's Willing to 'Create Stories' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-springfield-pets.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915184601/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-springfield-pets.html |url-status=live |archive-date=September 15, 2024}} Although many Haitian migrants were legal immigrants with temporary protected status, Vance said that since the Biden administration's "border policy [is] a disgrace … I'm still going to call [the migrants] illegal aliens."{{cite news |last1=Fowler |first1=Stephen |title=Vance says Haitian migrants with protected status are 'illegal aliens' to be deported |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/g-s1-23667/vance-haiti-migrants-tps-parole-immigration-pets-springfield |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NPR |date=September 18, 2024}}

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In September 2023, Vance introduced his "Freedom to Breathe" bill to prevent federal agencies from requiring masks on commercial airlines, on public transit, and in public schools, and to prevent those industries from refusing to serve people who don't wear a mask. He claimed that mask mandates "failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses", "violated basic bodily freedom",{{Cite web |last=Dietz |first=Matthew |date=2023-09-05 |title=Ohio senator J.D. Vance introduces legislation to ban federal mask mandates |url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-senator-jd-vance-ban-federal-mask-mandates/45013827 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012223402/https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-senator-jd-vance-ban-federal-mask-mandates/45013827 |archive-date=2023-10-12 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=WLWT}} and were "unscientific".{{Cite web |last=Mordowanec |first=Nick |date=2023-10-26 |title=Full List of Democrats Who Voted to Ban Mask Mandates |url=https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-vote-ban-mask-mandate-jd-vance-1838224 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711064743/https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-vote-ban-mask-mandate-jd-vance-1838224 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Newsweek |url-status=live }} In Senate remarks, he said children "need us to not be Chicken Little about every single respiratory pandemic and problem that confronts this country".{{Cite web |last1=Zhang |first1=Rachel Cohrs |last2=Owermohle |first2=Sarah |date=2024-07-15 |title=What to know about Trump VP pick J.D. Vance's health care views and investments |url=https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/jd-vance-trump-vp-healthcare-abortion-investments/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716145626/https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/jd-vance-trump-vp-healthcare-abortion-investments/ |archive-date=2024-07-16 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=STAT}}

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At the 2024 Munich Security Conference, Vance said the U.S. did not want to pull out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but argued the U.S. should shift its focus to East Asia, and that certain European and NATO member countries were not spending enough for their own security.{{Cite web |last=Nazzaro |first=Miranda |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Vance: Trump issued 'wake-up call' to Europe with NATO remarks |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4477215-trump-vance-europe-nato/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322021212/https://thehill.com/policy/international/4477215-trump-vance-europe-nato/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill }}

Vance called China "the biggest threat" to the U.S. and argued that the war in Ukraine is distracting the U.S. from focusing on the threat from China.{{cite news |last=Yang |first=Lin |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Vice presidential nominee Vance calls China 'biggest threat to our country |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/vice-presidential-nominee-vance-calls-china-biggest-threat-to-our-country-/7701298.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717153728/https://www.voanews.com/a/vice-presidential-nominee-vance-calls-china-biggest-threat-to-our-country-/7701298.html |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Voice of America}} He believes that China is the source of many American problems. He has said that the U.S. is "flooded with cheap Chinese goods, with cheap foreign labor and, in the decades to come, deadly Chinese fentanyl".{{Cite web |last=Shaoyu |first=Yuan |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Vance's dangerous China rhetoric won't solve America's problems |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4790600-jdvance-china-populist-rhetoric/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726222850/https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4790600-jdvance-china-populist-rhetoric/ |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill}}

At the Munich Security Conference in 2024, Vance said U.S. foreign policy should pivot from Europe to East Asia: "The United States has to focus more on East Asia. That is going to be the future of U.S. foreign policy for the next 40 years, and Europe has to wake up to that fact."{{Cite news |last=Salama |first=Vivian |date=July 17, 2024 |title=JD Vance Is a Big Ukraine Critic. Europe Is Wary of His Addition to the GOP Ticket. |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-trump-vp-us-ukraine-support-c24c0448 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725021150/https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-trump-vp-us-ukraine-support-c24c0448 |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}

In December 2024, responding to a post by Foundation for Defense of Democracies fellow Ivana Stradner criticizing Elon Musk's support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Vance sarcastically replied by saying "It’s so dangerous for people to control their borders. So so dangerous. The dangerous level is off the charts" and continued by saying "I wonder how much money this person’s employer gets from the American taxpayer?".{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=JD Vance appears to defend Germany's far-right AfD party |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-834635 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}} In January 2025, he said that while he is "not endorsing a party in the German elections", he said an article by Musk titled Only the AfD Can Save Germany was "interesting". He also claimed while American media "slanders AfD as Nazi-lite", the party "is most popular in the same areas of Germany that were most resistant to the Nazis."{{Cite web |date=2025-01-03 |title=JD Vance calls Elon Musk's piece praising far-right German party AfD 'interesting' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-germany-election-afd-b2673149.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Vance is a strong supporter of Israel and has said "culturally, morally, politically, it is a real ally in the sense that we're not just sort of sharing interests, we're actually sharing common values."{{Cite web |last=Kassel |first=Matthew |date=September 9, 2021 |title=J.D. Vance on Trump, Israel and his chosen faith |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2021/09/jd-vance-ohio-senate-race/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Jewish Insider |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715233821/https://jewishinsider.com/2021/09/jd-vance-ohio-senate-race/ |url-status=live }}

Vance has been called a "steadfast supporter of Israel throughout the country's war in Gaza".{{Cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |date=July 15, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance on the Issues, From Abortion to the Middle East |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/jd-vance-abortion-immigration-issues.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715215310/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/jd-vance-abortion-immigration-issues.html |url-status=live }} He supports U.S. funding Israel in the Gaza war.{{Cite web |last=Joseph |first=Jamie |date=October 23, 2023 |title=JD Vance circulates memo calling for Israel and Ukraine aid to be split up |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-circulates-memo-calling-israel-ukraine-aid-split-up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322021211/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-circulates-memo-calling-israel-ukraine-aid-split-up |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=Fox News }} He has said that Israel should win and end the war in Gaza "as quickly as possible" to enable the "Israelis and the Sunni Arab states" to form a united front against Iran.{{Cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Vance: Israel should finish war as quickly as possible, partner Sunni states against Iran |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-vp-pick-vance-gaza-war-should-end-so-israel-and-sunni-states-can-counter-iran/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720055400/https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-vp-pick-vance-gaza-war-should-end-so-israel-and-sunni-states-can-counter-iran/ |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Times of Israel |pages=1}} Vance has criticized the Biden administration for "depriving the Israelis of the precision-guided weapons" the country needs, and said that Hamas bears full responsibility for all civilian deaths.{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2024 |title=Interview With FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell; Interview With Fmr. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA); Interview With Sen. J.D. Vance (R- OH); Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). Aired 9-10a ET |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2024-05-12/segment/01 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716083215/https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2024-05-12/segment/01 |url-status=live }}{{Cite press release |date=May 12, 2024 |title=Senator Vance Blasts President Biden's 'Incoherent' Handling of Israel-Hamas War |url=https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-blasts-president-bidens-incoherent-handling-of-israel-hamas-war/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Office of Sen. Vance |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716002327/https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-blasts-president-bidens-incoherent-handling-of-israel-hamas-war/ |url-status=live }} He criticized Biden in April 2024 for "micromanaging" Israeli actions in the war, saying, "you've got to, first of all, enable Israel to actually finish the job".{{Cite web |last=Nazzaro |first=Miranda |date=April 28, 2024 |title=JD Vance rips Biden administration for 'micromanaging' Israel's wartime effort |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4627233-jd-vance-rips-biden-adminsitration-israel-wartime-effort-gaza/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428150222/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4627233-jd-vance-rips-biden-adminsitration-israel-wartime-effort-gaza/ |url-status=live }}

Vance repeated his criticism of the Biden administration in July 2024, saying: "Number one, you want Israel to get this war over and as quickly as possible because the longer it goes on, the harder their situation becomes. But second, after the war you want to reinvigorate that peace process between Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Jordanians, and so forth".{{Cite news |last=Samuels |first=Ben |date=July 16, 2024 |title=In First Remarks as Trump's VP Pick, J.D. Vance Urges Israel to Finish Gaza War 'As Quick as Possible' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-16/ty-article/.premium/j-d-vance-trumps-vp-pick-urges-israel-to-finish-gaza-war-as-quick-as-possible/00000190-b947-da51-a19a-fdef7b240000 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Haaretz |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716061733/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-16/ty-article/.premium/j-d-vance-trumps-vp-pick-urges-israel-to-finish-gaza-war-as-quick-as-possible/00000190-b947-da51-a19a-fdef7b240000 |url-status=live }} More broadly, he has said, "We want the Israelis and the Sunnis to police their own region of the world."{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Laura |date=June 15, 2024 |title=Where JD Vance stands on Ukraine, Israel and China |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4773538-jd-vance-foreign-policy/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Hill}}

In an October 2024 interview, Vance said: "Israel has the right to defend itself, but America's interest is sometimes going to be distinct. Sometimes we're going to have overlapping interests and sometimes we're going to have distinct interests. And our interest, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran."{{Cite news |last=Brest |first=Mike |date=October 29, 2024 |title=Vance acknowledges 'we're going to have distinct interests' from Israel sometimes |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3206070/vance-acknowledges-distinct-interests-israel/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=Washington Examiner }}

When asked in October 2023 whether he would support military action against Iran after militias allegedly connected to Iran attacked U.S. troops, Vance said it would be a "mistake", citing concern about significant escalation.{{Cite web |last=Sforza |first=Lauren |date=October 29, 2023 |title=JD Vance says he would not support authorizing military action in Iran |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4282057-jd-vance-says-he-would-not-support-authorizing-military-action-in-iran/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214035859/https://thehill.com/policy/international/4282057-jd-vance-says-he-would-not-support-authorizing-military-action-in-iran/ |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Hill }}{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=Brady |date=October 29, 2023 |title=JD Vance says he would 'absolutely not' authorize the use of force against Iran – Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2432355/jd-vance-says-he-would-absolutely-not-authorize-the-use-of-force-against-iran/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322021212/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2432355/jd-vance-says-he-would-absolutely-not-authorize-the-use-of-force-against-iran/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 }} After his nomination as Trump's running mate, Vance praised the 2020 assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, adding: "If you're gonna punch the Iranians, punch them hard."{{Cite news |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Vance on Fox defends 'Trump doctrine' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3A8e17aa6c-6302-42ea-840b-89c95c8f81bc#post |publisher=BBC News |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716090539/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset:8e17aa6c-6302-42ea-840b-89c95c8f81bc#post |url-status=live }}

In a 2024 speech, Vance said that "in 2003, I made the mistake of supporting the Iraq War", which he had served in as a combat correspondent in the Marine Corps, but that he later realized "that I had been lied to that the promises of the foreign policy establishment were a complete joke."{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Ward |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/04/republican-veterans-anti-interventionists-00164026 |title=The Republican Ukraine Skeptics Who Saw War Firsthand |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725021034/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/04/republican-veterans-anti-interventionists-00164026 |url-status=live |archive-date=2024-07-25 |work=Politico |date=July 4, 2024 }}

In a 2022 interview with Steve Bannon days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vance said, "I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other. I do care about the fact that in my community right now the leading cause of death among 18- to 45-year-olds is Mexican fentanyl that's coming across the southern border."{{cite news |last=Vlamis |first=Kelsey |date=February 21, 2022 |title=GOP Senate candidate JD Vance said he doesn't 'really care what happens to Ukraine' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-candidate-jd-vance-i-dont-care-what-happens-ukraine-2022-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717165432/https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-candidate-jd-vance-i-dont-care-what-happens-ukraine-2022-2 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=Business Insider}}{{Cite news |last=Sampson |first=Eve |date=July 15, 2024 |title=J.D. Vance's Opposition to U.S. Support for Ukraine: In His Own Words |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/world/europe/ukraine-jd-vance.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715233807/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/world/europe/ukraine-jd-vance.html |url-status=live }} Vance is a vocal critic of U.S. military aid to Ukraine in the ongoing Russo–Ukrainian War and has faced bipartisan criticism for that view.{{Cite web |last=Nordlinger |first=Jay |author-link=Jay Nordlinger |date=February 20, 2024 |title=Vance and Zelensky |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vance-and-zelensky/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=National Review |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716084201/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vance-and-zelensky/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=de Luce |first1=Dan |last2=Asghar |first2=Syedah |date=April 14, 2024 |title=Luxury yachts and other myths: How Republican lawmakers echo Russian propaganda |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/luxury-yachts-myths-republican-lawmakers-echo-russian-propaganda-rcna147293 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NBC News |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716014555/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/luxury-yachts-myths-republican-lawmakers-echo-russian-propaganda-rcna147293 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Kevin D. |author-link=Kevin D. Williamson |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Pinching Pennies for Putin |url=https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/pinching-pennies-for-putin/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Dispatch |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529135926/https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/pinching-pennies-for-putin/ |url-status=live }} In February 2024, he said, "Given the realities that we face, the very real constraints in munitions and [Ukraine's] manpower, what is reasonable to accomplish and when do we actually think we're going to accomplish it? And my argument is, look, I think what's reasonable to accomplish is some negotiated peace."{{cite news|last=Ott|first=Haley |title=What JD Vance has said about U.S. foreign policy amid the war in Ukraine |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-foreign-policy-war-in-ukraine/ |publisher=CBS News |date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717045323/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-foreign-policy-war-in-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}

In April 2024, Vance voted against an aid package for Ukraine; in a New York Times essay, he wrote that he remained "opposed to virtually any proposal for the United States to continue funding this war" and argued that U.S. aid would not change the trajectory of the war.{{Cite news |last=Vance |first=J. D. |date=April 12, 2024 |title=Opinion: The Math on Ukraine Doesn't Add Up |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/jd-vance-ukraine.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615003306/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/jd-vance-ukraine.html |url-status=live }} He argues that Ukraine should adopt a "defensive strategy" to "preserve its precious military manpower, stop the bleeding and provide time for negotiations to commence"; that the U.S. and Ukraine must "accept that Mr. Zelensky's stated goal for the war—a return to 1991 boundaries—is fantastical"; and that "Ukraine is going to have to cede some territory to the Russians".{{Cite web|last1=Kapur|first1=Sahil|last2=Lebowitz|first2=Megan |date=December 12, 2023 |title=Republican senator says Ukraine should cede land and cut a deal with Putin to end the war |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jd-vance-says-ukraine-cede-land-cut-deal-putin-end-war-rcna129195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126012006/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jd-vance-says-ukraine-cede-land-cut-deal-putin-end-war-rcna129195 |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=NBC News}}

In December 2023, Vance was criticized for calling for the suspension of further aid to Ukraine because he said it would be used so its ministers "can buy a bigger yacht".{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Olga |date=December 20, 2023 |title=How pro-Russian 'yacht' propaganda influenced US debate over Ukraine aid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67766964 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220232233/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67766964 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=BBC News}} He has criticized the Ukrainian government for corruption, and contends that the Biden administration has not properly audited aid to Ukraine.{{Cite web|last=Schorr|first=Isaac |date=April 20, 2023 |title='Get Americans Out of Ukraine': J.D. Vance Assails the Ukrainian Government as the 'Most Corrupt' in Europe |url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/get-americans-out-of-ukraine-j-d-vance-assails-the-ukrainian-government-as-the-most-corrupt-in-europe/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Mediaite |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320085106/https://www.mediaite.com/politics/get-americans-out-of-ukraine-j-d-vance-assails-the-ukrainian-government-as-the-most-corrupt-in-europe/ |url-status=live }}

In interviews and statements in 2024, Vance said that he did not want Russia to conquer Ukraine, but supported a "freeze" of "the territorial lines somewhere close to where they are right now"; guarantees of Kyiv's neutrality and exclusion of Ukraine from NATO (a key Russian demand); and providing "some American security assistance over the long term."{{cite news |first1=Owen |last1=Racer |first2=Nate |last2=Ostiller |url=https://kyivindependent.com/jd-vance-opposes-military-aid-nato-membership-for-ukraine-hes-now-trumps-vp-pick/ |title=JD Vance opposes military aid, NATO membership for Ukraine. He's now Trump's VP pick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717044113/https://kyivindependent.com/jd-vance-opposes-military-aid-nato-membership-for-ukraine-hes-now-trumps-vp-pick/ |url-status=live |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |work=The Kyiv Independent |date=July 16, 2024 }}{{Cite news |last=Douthat |first=Ross |author-link=Ross Douthat |date=June 13, 2024 |title=What J.D. Vance Believes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/jd-vance-interview.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716205124/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/jd-vance-interview.html |archive-date=2024-07-16 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}} Vance and Trump's special envoy Keith Kellogg said that continued arms shipments to Ukraine and a heavily fortified demilitarised zone would ensure that Russia would not launch another invasion.{{cite news |last1=Shamim |first1=Sarah |title=How does Trump envoy Keith Kellogg want to end the Russia-Ukraine war? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/28/how-does-trump-envoy-keith-kellogg-want-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war |work=Al Jazeera |date=28 November 2024}}

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In July 2024, after the British Labour Party won a landslide victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Vance said in a speech at the National Conservatism Convention: "I was talking with a friend recently ... what is the first truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon? And we were like, 'maybe it's Iran, maybe Pakistan already kind of counts', and then we sort of finally decided maybe it's actually the UK, since Labour just took over".{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=McDonald |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-pick-jd-vance-vice-president-republican-party-uk-islamist-country/ |title=Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance called U.K. 'Islamist country' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717153727/https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-pick-jd-vance-vice-president-republican-party-uk-islamist-country/ |url-status=live |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |work=Politico |date=July 16, 2024 }}

Senior British officials, such as Angela Rayner, James Murray, and Andrew Bowie dismissed this statement, which echoed right-wing characterizations of Britain and Europe.{{Cite web |last1=Francis |first1=Sam |last2=Zeffman |first2=Henry |date=2024-07-16 |title=Rayner dismisses US VP candidate's 'Islamist UK' claim |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn07e2ep20no |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717164342/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn07e2ep20no |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Quinn |first2=Ben |date=2024-07-16 |title=Labour rejects JD Vance 'first Islamist country with nuclear weapons' remarks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/trump-running-mate-jd-vance-uk-first-islamist-country-nuclear-weapon |access-date=January 27, 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717164855/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/trump-running-mate-jd-vance-uk-first-islamist-country-nuclear-weapon |url-status=live }} Nevertheless, Vance and British foreign secretary David Lammy have described each other as friends,{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Ethan |date=2024-07-16 |title=Londoner's Diary: Trump's VP pick a "friend" of foreign secretary David Lammy |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/donald-trump-vice-president-jd-vance-david-lammy-friend-b1170998.html |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=Evening Standard |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718095454/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/donald-trump-vice-president-jd-vance-david-lammy-friend-b1170998.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hayward |first=Freddie |date=2024-07-16 |title=Will JD Vance fall out with Labour? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/07/will-jd-vance-fall-out-with-labour |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=New Statesman |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718062720/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/07/will-jd-vance-fall-out-with-labour |url-status=live }} and Vance's foreign policy advisor, Elbridge Colby, called Lammy "far preferable" to his Conservative predecessor, David Cameron.{{Cite web |last=Ahmari |first=Sohrab |author-link=Sohrab Ahmari |date=2024-07-02 |title=Elbridge Colby: 'I am signalling to China that my policy is status quo' |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/07/elbridge-colby-i-am-signalling-to-china-that-my-policy-is-status-quo |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The New Statesman |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717170816/https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/07/elbridge-colby-i-am-signalling-to-china-that-my-policy-is-status-quo |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Steerpike |date=2024-05-02 |title=Top Republican: Lammy 'far preferable' to Cameron |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/top-republican-lammy-far-preferable-to-cameron/ |access-date=January 27, 2025 |website=The Spectator |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718054934/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/top-republican-lammy-far-preferable-to-cameron/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Francis |first=Sam |date=2024-05-09 |title=Donald Trump often misunderstood on Nato, says Labour's David Lammy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68983472 |access-date=January 27, 2025 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718054936/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68983472 |url-status=live }}

After his election as vice president of the United States, Vance announced on January 9, 2025 his plan to resign his Senate seat, effective January 10.{{Cite web |last=Carr Smyth |first=Julie |date=2025-01-09 |title=Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the Senate |url=https://apnews.com/article/ohio-senator-vance-resigns-senate-seat-d19b7c14e5c68a68dd85640f67071404 |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=Associated Press |language=en}} On January 21, 2025, Vance swore in Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Jon Husted as his replacement after he was appointed by Ohio governor Mike DeWine.{{Cite web |last1=Krieg |first1=Gregory |last2=Strauss |first2=Daniel |date=2025-01-17 |title=DeWine expected to name state Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Senate seat vacated by Vance |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/jon-husted-ohio-senate-seat/index.html |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=CNN |quote=Pressed on his previous interest in being governor, and the decision to accept the appointment to the US Senate, Husted said he 'switched my mind probably 100 times.' |language=en}}

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• Second presidency of Donald Trump (2025–present)
• Second cabinet of Donald Trump (2025–present)
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