Person
J.D. Vance
- Work
- Venture capitalist; co-founded Narya Capital in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2019.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · whitehouse.gov
- Work
- Author of the 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy.
Sources: bioguide.congress.gov · whitehouse.gov
- Education
- B.A. in political science and philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2009; J.D., Yale Law School, 2013.
Sources: bioguide.congress.gov · whitehouse.gov · en.wikipedia.org
- Military service
- Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 2003-2007, as a combat correspondent, including a six-month deployment to Iraq in 2005.
Sources: whitehouse.gov · en.wikipedia.org · newsweek.com
- Home
- Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source: whitehouse.gov
Ballotpedia · FEC · Official site · Wikipedia
- $16.0MRaised, as filed · December 31, 2022
- $441KCash on hand · December 31, 2022
- 46%Latest poll · Marist Poll, October 20, 2022
- 3Positions in their words · 3 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- 2Offices held · Vice President of the United States, since 2025
10 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 11 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries No pending 2022 candidacy; his 2022 race is closed.
- Where they stand 3 entries
- What they have said, checked 0 entries The research archive's fact-check pass found several PolitiFact and FactCheck.org ratings of 2022-cycle statements by or about Vance. Checked: The research archive's fact-check pass of 2026-09-18 (PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, Washington Post Fact Checker, AP Fact Check)
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 3 entries
- Financial interests 3 entries
- Polling and approval 2 entries
- Elections 1 entry Only his 2022 candidacy is published; his later offices are on the record via 'offices' but not as separate candidacy entries.
- Endorsements None found in the records checked The research archive found no endorsement he gave or received in the 2022 cycle.
- Sources 10 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Statewide | All of Ohio | U.S. Senator from Ohio |
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Where they stand
Abortion
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called himself 'pro-life' but said during the campaign he would prefer the issue be left to the states, and said he could support a 15-week national ban along the lines of the bill introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Big Tech
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called for breaking up large technology companies, which he argued censor conservatives.
Source: J.D. Vance
Immigration and border security
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called for finishing the border wall, increasing Border Patrol staffing, opposing amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and moving toward a more merit-based legal immigration system.
Source: In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance (R) | 2023-01 | office | United States Senator for Ohio |
| Vance (R) | 2025-01-20 | office | Vice President of the United States |
| Vance (R) | 2022 | action | 2022 (action): Held no prior elected or appointed public office before the 2022 campaign; he was not yet in office during the cycle, so there is no in-offi |
| Vance (R) | 2022-07-27 | action | 2022-07-27 (action): His 2017 nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal, launched to fight Ohio's opioid crisis, filed a tax return for only one year and, in its most active y |
| Vance (R) | 2022-08-18 | action | 2022-08-18 (action): During the 2022 campaign, the Associated Press reported that his charity, Our Ohio Renewal, sent psychiatrist Sally Satel -- whose employer, |
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action August 18, 2022
During the 2022 campaign, the Associated Press reported that his charity, Our Ohio Renewal, sent psychiatrist Sally Satel -- whose employer, the American Enterprise Institute, had received funding from opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma -- to Ohio's Appalachian region, raising conflict-of-interest questions around opioid-epidemic messaging, a central plank of his platform.
Source: Vance's anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma
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action July 27, 2022
His 2017 nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal, launched to fight Ohio's opioid crisis, filed a tax return for only one year and, in its most active year, spent nearly half its funds paying a Vance political adviser, Jai Chabria, $63,425 to serve as executive director and $45,000 for a public-opinion survey.
PolitiFact:
Mostly True
· the sourceSource: GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance paid political adviser to run his opioid-focused nonprofit
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action 2022
Held no prior elected or appointed public office before the 2022 campaign; he was not yet in office during the cycle, so there is no in-office voting or governing record to assess for 2022. He was sworn in as U.S. Senator in January 2023, after the election.
Source: J.D. Vance
Recorded votes
J.D. Vance cast 541 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 2 terms from 2023 to 2026, all in Congress, from Voteview. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how J.D. Vance voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th Congress, 2025–2026 | U.S. Senate | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 118th Congress, 2023–2024 | U.S. Senate | 167 | 373 | 151 | 95% of 419 |
"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways.
Sources: Congressional roll-call votes · Roll call votes · Roll call votes
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 15,553,668.44 | 97.2% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 441,308.85 | 2.8% |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator from Ohio | FEC S2OH00436 | $15,994,977 | $15,553,668 | $441,309 | December 31, 2022 |
Source: VANCE, J D - Candidate overview (financial summary, 2022 cycle)
Top donors, as filed
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Peter Thiel · $10,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Vance's former employer at Mithril Capital and a financial backer of his own venture fund Narya Capital
Source: Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run
Outside spending
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U.S. Senator from Ohio · as of 2022
Protect Ohio Values · $10,000,000 · support
Source: Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
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Disclosed, on his U.S. Senate financial disclosure filed 8/14/2022, holdings in Rumble Inc. non-public stock and AppHarvest Inc. common stock, both held via his venture fund Narya Capital, which was an early investor in both companies.
August 14, 2022
Disclosed income
None found in the records checked.
Reported conflicts
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Personally co-invested in the video platform Rumble alongside Peter Thiel in 2021, while being a vocal public critic of 'Big Tech' content moderation -- a stance that structurally benefits a platform he held an equity stake in.
May 19, 2021 · Reported by The Wall Street Journal
Source: Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance Invest in Rumble Video Platform Popular on Political Right
Net worth, as estimated
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$3,200,000 to $10,000,000, 2022
Estimated by Cracked Buckeye research archive, summing the value ranges on his 8/14/2022 U.S. Senate financial disclosure.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2022 | J.D. Vance | 46 | Siena College Research Institute / Spectrum News 1, likely voters |
| Oct 20, 2022 | J.D. Vance | 46 | Marist Poll, registered voters |
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Marist Poll · October 20, 2022 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Ryan 45 · Vance 46
registered voters
Source: The 2022 Elections in Ohio
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Siena College Research Institute / Spectrum News 1 · October 2022 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Ryan 46 · Vance 46
likely voters
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator from Ohio (2022) | Republican | Won | 2,192,114 | 53.0% |
Offices held
United States Senator for Ohio · 2023-01 to 2025-01-20 · elected
Source: J. D. Vance
Vice President of the United States · 2025-01-20 to present · elected
Source: J. D. Vance
Endorsements
None found in the records checked
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: J. D. Vance · 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narya_Capital
Every URL on this page, once each.
- J.D. Vance · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- J. D. Vance · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues · Spectrum News 1 · 2022-01-21 · accessed 2026-09-19
- GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance paid political adviser to run his opioid-focused nonprofit · PolitiFact · 2022-07-27 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Vance's anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma · Associated Press · 2022-08-18 · accessed 2026-09-19
- VANCE, J D - Candidate overview (financial summary, 2022 cycle) · Federal Election Commission (FEC.gov) · accessed 2026-09-19
- Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run · Bloomberg · 2021-03-15 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance Invest in Rumble Video Platform Popular on Political Right · The Wall Street Journal · 2021-05-19 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Candidate Report - JD Vance (filed 08/14/2022) · U.S. Senate Financial Disclosures (efdsearch.senate.gov) · 2022-08-14 · accessed 2026-09-19
- https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000137
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/jd-vance/
- https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-military-record-combat-correspondent-tim-walz-1936875
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narya_Capital
- United States Senate election in Ohio, 2022 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- J.D. Vance, Tim Ryan in dead heat in Ohio U.S. Senate race with two weeks until the election, new polls show · CNBC · 2022-10-24 · accessed 2026-09-19
- The 2022 Elections in Ohio · Marist Poll · 2022-10 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Where J.D. Vance stands on key issues · NPR · accessed 2026-09-19
- FEC
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