 His allegiance to Trump obscures his longer-term political project, which goes far beyond Trump. We'll be getting to that later this hour, but first we'll hear more from Ian Ward, a Politico reporter who interviewed Vance earlier this year and recently published a piece with, quote, 55 things to know about J.D. Vance. He was born in Ohio. His mother struggled with drug addiction. He didn't really have a solid father figure.