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J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance is an American politician who was elected vice-president of the US in 2024, as the running mate of former president Donald Trump. Vance, who was elected as a US senator from Ohio in 2022, wrote the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy.
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2 Aug 1984
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United States of America vice-president
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