JD Vance: A Timeline

Co-founds Narya Capital, headquartered in Cincinnati.
Feb. - Son Vivek born.
Nov. - Hillbilly Elegy film released.
Dec. - Daughter Mirabel born.
Nov. 8 - Elected to the U.S. Senate, def. Rep. Tim Ryan (D) by 53.0% to 46.9%.

July 15 - Former President Trump announces Vance as his running.
Aug. 21 - Acceptance speech.
Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day:  40 years, 5.6 months.



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Starts at Yale Law School.
Summer - Clerks for Sen. John Cornyn on the Judiciary Committee.

- Changes name from J.D. Hamel to J.D. Vance.
- J.D. from Yale Law School.
- Clerks for U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning.
-Marries Usha Chilukuri in an interfaith ceremony in Kentucky.
-Practices law for almost two years at Sidley Austin.

-June - Hillbilly Elegy published (Harper Press).
-Nov. - Starts Our Ohio Renewal, a nonprofit, with Jai Chabria.
-Moves to SF, principal at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital Management, 2016-17.
Joins Revolution LLC, venture capital firm founded by Steve Case and Ted Leonsis, as managing partner of Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, based in Columbus.
June 4 - Son Ewan born.

Baptized.
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Graduates from Middletown High School.
Enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Deploys to Iraq, serves as a public affairs officer for six months.

Starts at Ohio State University.

B.A. double major in political science and philosophy from Ohio State.
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 tumultuous childhood
raised by grandparents




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Aug. 2 - Born James Donald Bowman to Beverly Carol and Donald Ray Bowman in Middletown, OH.





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