J.D. Vance campaigns for vice president on Donald Trump’s 2024 ticket. He serves as Republican senator from Ohio after winning the 2022 election.
Trump introduced Vance as running mate on 15 July at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Vance took the Senate oath in January 2023.
Vance was born in Middletown, Ohio – he enlisted in the Marine Corps, deployed to Iraq – earned degrees from Ohio State University but also Yale Law School. He married Usha Chilukuri, a litigator. The couple met at Yale and raise three children.
Forbes places Vance’s net worth at ten million dollars. The figure rests on book royalties, venture capital returns, cryptocurrency, listed equities along with three residential properties.
Vance’s memoir, âHillbilly Elegy,â appeared in June 2016. The title reached first place on the New York Times nonfiction list within four months. Publisher data show 1.6 million copies sold through July 2024. Vance declared $121,556 in book royalties on his 2022 Senate disclosure.
Netflix released a film adaptation in November 2020 starring Glenn Close besides Amy Adams. The movie ranked seventh on Netflix’s U.S. weekly top ten list for the week ending 21 July 2024.
Vance founded Narya Capital Management in 2019. The Cincinnati-based firm targets early stage technology companies in the Midwest or Southeast. Fund I closed at $93 million in commitments from investors such as Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt in addition to AOL founder Steve Case. Vance holds a carried interest stake valued between one and five million dollars on his disclosure.
He also controls JD Vance Enterprises LLC, a holding company that receives speaking fees, advances for future books, and payments for television commentary. The entity reported $475,000 in gross revenue for 2022.
Vance’s brokerage account lists Bitcoin holdings valued between $100,001 and $250,000. He also owns common stock in Walmart worth $50,001 to $100,000 and shares in Rumble, the video platform.
Real-estate records list three homes. A four bedroom row house in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood carries a Zillow estimate of $1.7 million. A five bedroom colonial in Cincinnati’s Hyde Park suburb is appraised at $1.2 million. A three bedroom cottage near Quantico Marine Base in Virginia is valued at $1.1 million. The combined equity stake totals roughly four million dollars after mortgage debt.
