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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) announces his exploratory committee ... askav: noooooo!
| Up-to-no-good alcoholic orchestra pit | 04/20/18 |
| Up-to-no-good alcoholic orchestra pit | 04/20/18 |
| twisted galvanic stage | 04/20/18 |
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Date: April 20th, 2018 5:00 PM Author: twisted galvanic stage J.D. Vance is an investor, commentator, and bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, described by the National Review as a “brilliant book” and by the Economist as “one of the most important” reads of 2016.
Raised by his working class grandparents in Middletown, Ohio, J.D. graduated from Middletown High School in 2003 and then immediately enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. During his time in the Marines, he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
When he finished his four-year enlistment, J.D. moved back to Ohio and enrolled at The Ohio State University, where he studied Political Science and Philosophy, and helped coordinate the university’s bipartisan voter education drive in 2008. After graduating from college, he studied at Yale Law School. During his time at law school, J.D. worked at Yale’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic, providing free legal counsel to veterans of our nation’s wars in Vietnam and Iraq. J.D. earned his law degree in 2013.
After a stint at a large corporate law firm, J.D. moved to San Francisco to work in the technology industry. He serves as a principal at the leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mithril Capital, cofounded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan. As an investor, JD has taken a special interest in the biotechnology industry and other transformative sectors of the economy. He recently became a partner at Revolution to work on Rise of the Rest, Revolution’s nationwide effort to work closely with entrepreneurs in emerging startup ecosystems.
J.D. continues to lecture and write on topics of public interest. In early 2017, he returned home to Ohio to found “Our Ohio Renewal,” a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the state’s opioid crisis and bringing high-quality employment and educational opportunities to Ohioans.
He regularly discusses politics and public policy on national networks, and has appeared on ABC, CBS, and Fox News. He currently serves as a contributor on CNN. He now splits his time between Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and two dogs and works on his nonprofit and investment activities, Revolution’s headquarters in Washington DC, and traveling the country. |