Vance is recognized in the U.S. as a conservative and a champion for workers and the underprivileged. He embodies the “American dream” with his diverse background—his maternal ancestors were Apallachee, the original inhabitants of the land, while his wife comes from an Indian immigrant family, and they have three children together. A former Marine and war correspondent during the early 2000s Iraq War, Vance is a Yale Law School graduate and an Ivy League member. His best-selling book, “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in a Time of Crisis,” was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film.

Vance’s political journey is quite varied. In 2016, he criticized Trump harshly, calling him an “idiot” and “American Hitler,” but later apologized. Trump’s support helped Vance secure the Ohio Senate seat in 2022. Initially an evangelical, Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, a shift that surprised Ron Howard, director of the film adaptation of Vance’s book.

A couple of years ago, Vance’s anti-Trump past led to his inclusion on a peculiar “stop list” of 500 U.S. elite members banned from entering Russia, alongside figures like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

However, this list might need revising, as Vance, a rising star in the American “New Right,” advocates for ending “unlimited U.S. aid” to Ukraine and believes Kiev should concede some territory to Moscow. Consequently, the EU has labeled Vance as “a disaster for Ukraine.” Regarding China, Vance supports a firm stance against Beijing and opposes allowing it to address the Taiwan issue on its terms.

Vance also maintains that U.S. aid to Israel should remain unchanged, attributing heavy Palestinian civilian casualties to Hamas using civilians as human shields.

The pairing of Trump and Vance, with Vance’s rugged image even more pronounced than Trump’s, could potentially push the Democrats, led by the aging and seemingly unrefreshing Biden, towards a dismal outcome in November.

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