JD Vance is 42 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 2 August 1984.
Author of the memoir Hillbilly Elegy and former senator for Ohio who became Vice President of the United States in 2025
Did you know?He served in the US Marines as a combat correspondent and later worked as a venture capitalist before entering politics.
Quick facts
Date of birth2 August 1984
Age42
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceMiddletown, United States
Occupationwriter, financier, pundit
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JD Vance went from a struggling Rust Belt family to the vice presidency of the United States. He grew up in Middletown, Ohio, largely raised by his grandparents while his mother fought addiction. He served in the Marines in Iraq, then studied at Ohio State and Yale Law School. His 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, became a bestseller and a film. He was once a sharp critic of Donald Trump. He later became a firm ally and won a Senate seat in Ohio in 2022. He was sworn in as vice president in January 2025.
James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the state of Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.
