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- JD Vance may be best-known for his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," which was adapted into a movie for Netflix.
- Vance is a venture capitalist who formally entered politics in 2021, but he's had a national presence since 2016.
- In November 2022, he was elected as a US Senator of Ohio at the age of 38.
Born into a tumultuous household in Ohio, JD Vance worked his way up to become a US senator in 2022 at the age of 38.
In a short period of time, Vance went from the Marines to Yale Law School to working as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley to becoming the best-selling author of "Hillbilly Elegy." Now, he's a successful Republican politician.