7 facts about JD Vance ahead of the vice presidential debate

“Some people tell me that I have achieved the American dream, and of course they are right and I am very grateful for that,” the Ohio senator said in his speech at the RNC. “But the American dream that has always mattered most hasn’t been about starting a company or becoming a senator or even being here with you lovely people, even though it’s pretty amazing. My most important American dream was to become a good husband and a good dad.”

Vance is a U.S. senator representing Ohio

Vance won a U.S. Senate seat in 2022 and will not seek re-election until 2028. If Trump wins the White House in November, Vance would have to resign before taking the vice presidential oath on January 20, 2025.

He currently serves on the Joint Economic Committee, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Select Committee on Aging.

“I grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands, and loved their God, their family, their community, and their country with all their hearts,” Vance said in his speech at the RNC. “But it was also a place rejected and forgotten by the American ruling class in Washington.”