 Fox's Ija Hosni at the Republican National Convention. Vance has been a Republican former critic of the former president when he was first elected to the Senate in 2022. He rose to fame after the publication of his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. President Biden on Trump's vice presidential pick. He's a clone of Trump on the issue. The president said he doesn't see any difference between Vance and Trump.