 Vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance brought down the house with stories about his beloved mamaw at the RNC meeting. Bonnie Vance raised J.D. while his mother was battling a drug addiction. He called her the greatest influence in his life. Vance described his grandmother as a devout Portuguese Christian who was known to cuss like a sailor. She also loved guns, and Vance said the entire family was surprised to discover she had 19 fully loaded weapons scattered around her house. Mrs. Vance died in 2005.