Who is J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : "As Vice President, J.D. will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," Trump wrote in his social media announcement on Monday.
55% : But the Biden campaign was quick to slam Vance in a lengthy statement highlighting his views on abortion, healthcare and January 6. "Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn't on January 6: bend over backwards to enable Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter the harm to the American people," said chair Jen O'Malley Dillon.
52% : Trump, who has called Vance a "genuine convert" to his cause, seemed to put that checkered history behind them when he endorsed Vance in the primary that year.
49% : Vance went on to win the general election and assume his seat in the Senate, where he has been a leading defender of Trump and many of his policies, including opposing abortion rights and aid to Ukraine, calling for stronger border policies and downplaying the effects of climate change.
46% : He won a crowded primary race in May 2022 with the help of a last-minute endorsement from Trump, of whom he had once been unabashedly critical.
43% : "Like some others, J.D. Vance may have said some not so great things about me in the past, but he gets it now, and I have seen that in spades," Trump said.
37% : " "But I think that I'm going to vote third party because I can't stomach Trump," he added.
36% : If Trump wins the presidency, Vance would have to resign his seat in the U.S. Senate -- leaving an open spot in Ohio.
36% : " Vance has been a staunch defender of Trump during his time in the Senate, even showing up as a surrogate to the former president's hush money trial in New York.

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