Vance’s VC resume comprises three firms in six years, and his time at Mithril Capital coincided with the takeoff of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

Donald Trump’s selection Monday of Senator J.D Vance to be his running mate elevates a figure with long-standing financial connections that are sure to play a role in the rest of the 2024 ...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate as he challenges President Joe Biden in the White House race.

J.D. Vance was a VC—is a VC? I hedge here because, candidly, Vance’s track record as a venture capitalist just doesn’t strike me as all that deep—there’s nothing wrong with it, to be sure.

Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally in Delaware, Ohio in 2023. Vance has ties to tech billionaires who are endorsing his vice presidential ...

MILWAUKEE—Former President Donald Trump named Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate, ending months of theatrical buildup and settling on a much younger partner who could help appeal to ...

When Donald Trump first ran for president in 2016, one of his steadfast critics within the Republican Party was J.D. Vance. Now, Vance will join the Republican ticket as Trump’s running mate.

J.D. Vance shot to fame with his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, but the vice president’s net worth in 2025 proves his “hillbilly” days (however exaggerated they may have been in the first ...

Donald Trump’s choice of 39-year-old J.D. Vance as his running mate was supposed to present the GOP ticket as modern and looking to the future. Instead the campaign has found itself playing ...

There’s a hollow core at the center of J.D. Vance’s origin story — his claim in Hillbilly Elegy that he “grew up poor.” ...

Vance brings experience in venture capital to Trump's presidential bid, having worked in that field alongside influential tech XLK entrepreneur Peter Thiel.