A sudden ascension to a national political platform? A rapid transformation to attack dog? It’s nothing new to presidential ...

From attacks on “childless cat ladies” to claims of migrants devouring neighbors’ pets, Senator JD Vance is providing many ...

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump survived an apparent second assassination attempt while golfing in Palm Beach, Florida ...

JD Vance took his experiences as a self-proclaimed hillbilly and used them to write a bestselling book and propel himself to ...

Sofia Nelson wrote in an op-ed that post-liberalists like Vance want to position themselves within MAGA's graces with the aim ...

J.D. Vance published a lengthy screed Monday night blaming “out of control” Democratic rhetoric for the presence of a gunman ...

With Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump picking his running mate Monday, the party’s ticket is finally complete ...

The months-long romance between Vance and an easily duped press in 2016 led directly to his sordid political rise. Republican ...

A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing ...

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Matthew Smith teaches American history at Miami University of Ohio's Hamilton campus, where he also serves as regional director of public programs. This column first appeared on TheConversation.com.

With Sen. JD Vance named Donald Trump’s running mate, commentators are dusting off Vance’s 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” to explain America’s political moment. Eight years ago, Vance was a ...