2024-07-15 19:18:01
If Trump is elected president, author JD Vance, who became a senator from Ohio last year, would be more inclined to run for vice president than more political figures such as Marco Rubio or Doug Burgum.
On Monday, the Republican National Convention officially nominated Donald Trump as its candidate for the November presidential election. Minutes earlier, the former president announced the name of his running mate on his social network Truth: J.D. Vancea conservative writer who has only recently entered politics.
James David Vance, known as Bowman according to his birth name, has been a senator from Ohio since 2023. The 38-year-old is first and foremost a rising figure of the American New Right, whose extremism surpasses that of Trump on certain issues, such as immigration, women’s rights or foreign affairs. Trump’s criticshe became one of his most avid followers and was particularly involved in MAGA Trend, the radical fringe of the Republican Party, inspired by Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again”.
As a result, the former president chose radicalism and snubbed more classic figures, such as ultra-conservative Tim Scott, Reaganites Nikki Haley or Marco Rubiowith a more avant-garde silhouette.
JD Vance is best known for Hillbilly Elegy, an autobiographical story that was intended to be a book regarding the grievances of mistreated white Americans.
Decoding the megaphone of white America
Born in 1984 in a region marked by deindustrialization, J.D. Vance During the Second Gulf War, he first served as a war correspondent for the US Army, then studied law at Yale University, and then arrived in Silicon Valley, where he worked in venture capital.
But it was his work that made him famous: in 2016, he released “The Elegy of a Countryman”an autobiography regarding his difficult youth that was intended to be a notebook of the grievances of mistreated white Americans, when he claimed he never liked billionaire Donald Trump, whom he called a “moron” in public and compared to Hitler in private.
The success of the book – which Netflix is adapting into the film American Anthem – will attract the attention of Republicans, especially the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who will become a close friend. The author will gradually explore the main themes of the Trumpists and their populist speeches.
More right than Trump
Racism and conspiracy theoriesIl Oppose U.S. aid and involvement in foreign conflictsHe has called for cuts in federal spending and has taken strong stances on immigration. He is also a strong opponent of abortion rights, rejecting any intervention, even in cases of rape or incest.
By positioning himself further to the right of Trump on such issues, J.D. Vance positions himself as Trump’s leader. The New RightHe believes Trump’s authorization is a first step Massive populist and nationalist revolutions.
“This will be a Super Vice President”, slipping Donald Trump in before the nomination to heighten suspense and boost audience numbers for the Republican National Convention.
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