Vice President-elect JD Vance is a Yale-educated lawyer, politician, author and venture capitalist. On July 15 at the Republican National Convention, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had selected JD Vance,

We looked into the claim, and found that while Vance converted to Catholicism in adulthood, Biden indeed became the first Catholic vice president when he took office alongside then-President Barack Obama in 2009. In 2021, Biden became the second Catholic president, after former President John F. Kennedy.

JD Vance, a 40-year-old senator who transformed himself from a biting critic of Donald J. Trump to one of his fiercest defenders, was elected the next vice president of the United States on Wednesday, becoming the third youngest and among the least experienced and most polarizing politicians ever to hold the office.

Explore how Usha Vance's Hindu faith significantly influenced JD Vance's return to Christianity, reshaping his political philosophy and approach to leadership as Vice President-elect. Discover their unique interfaith journey and its implications for American politics.

Without Roe v. Wade, Vance would be free to pursue a nationwide abortion ban. And while Vance has recently tried to moderate his stance by favoring the euphemistically named “minimum national standard,” that sounds like Yale Law-speak for a ban.

Vice President-elect JD Vance will head into the White House with a tight-knit circle of loyalists who were with him during the campaign and, in many cases, came to the U.S. Senate with him from Ohio.