JD Vance
Vice President-elect of the United States
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| March 2025 | Vance becomes the first sitting US vice president to visit Greenland, where he criticizes Denmark's investment in Greenland's security and warns about potential encroachment by China and Russia. |
| February 28 2025 | Participates in a contentious White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, engaging in a heated argument about diplomacy, Ukraine's military conscription, and the ongoing conflict with Russia. |
| February 28 2025 | Participates in a contentious White House meeting with President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which becomes hostile and results in Zelenskyy's delegation being asked to leave before signing a planned minerals deal. |
| February 2025 | Delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference, focusing on 'the threat from within' as his primary security concern for Europe, drawing criticism from political scientist Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook for including conspiracy theories and misinformation. |
| 2025 | Shortly after his inauguration, Vance held a diplomatic meeting with China's Vice President Han Zheng to discuss China–United States relations, indicating his early engagement in international diplomacy. |
| February 2025 | Publicly criticized federal judges' temporary rulings against Trump administration actions, stating that 'judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power'. |
| January 24 2025 | Vance cast his first tie-breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. |
| January 24 2025 | Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. |
| January 24 2025 | Casts the tie-breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. |
| January 21 2025 | Vance swore in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, the first of Trump's cabinet nominees to be approved by Congress. |
| January 21 2025 | Vance swears in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, the first Trump cabinet nominee approved by Congress. |
| January 20 2025 | JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States, marking the start of his vice presidential term. |
| January 2025 | A Harvard University poll reported a net-positive favorability for Vance, with 41% of respondents giving him a favorable rating compared to 38% unfavorable. |
| January 2025 | Prepares to assume the vice presidency after resigning from the Senate. |
| January 20 2025 | Vance was inaugurated as the 50th Vice President of the United States. |
| January 20 2025 | JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States. Prior to his inauguration, he met with China's vice president Han Zheng to discuss China–United States relations. |
| January 2025 | Became the 50th Vice President of the United States under President Donald Trump |
| January 20 2025 | JD Vance becomes the 50th Vice President of the United States, sworn in by Justice Brett Kavanaugh at noon. He is the third-youngest person to serve as vice president, the first from the Millennial generation, and the first Marine Corps veteran to become vice president. |
| January 20 2025 | JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the United States, marking the beginning of his term in national leadership. |
| January 2025 |
The Harris Poll reported that among 2,650 registered voters surveyed from January 15-16, 41% had a favorable opinion of Vance and 38% had an unfavorable opinion.
FEBRUARY HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: 58% OF VOTERS ARE MORE SATISFIED WITH TRUMP'S JOB AS PRESIDENT THAN BIDEN
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November 2024 National Poll: Trump Favorability Jumps Post-Election; 2028 Election Kicks Off with Harris and Vance Leading Primaries - Emerson Polling
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| January 20 2025 | Anticipated inauguration as the 50th vice president of the United States. |
| January 2025 | Became the 50th Vice President of the United States, serving as finance chair of the Republican National Committee. |
| January 17 2025 | Governor Mike DeWine announced the appointment of Jon Husted to Vance's former U.S. Senate seat. |
| January 10 2025 | Vance resigned from the Senate at midnight in anticipation of his vice presidential inauguration. |
| January 3 2025 | Became Ohio's senior senator following the swearing-in of Bernie Moreno. |
| 2024 | Wins the United States presidential election with Donald Trump, defeating Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. |
| October 2024 | Vance stated that he did not believe Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, claiming 'Big Tech rigged the election' through censorship. |
| October 2024 | After the vice-presidential debate, CBS News and YouGov polling showed Vance's favorability increased from 40% to 49%, with unfavorability dropping from 54% to 47%. |
| September 2024 | Vance spoke at a western Pennsylvania town hall event organized by Lance Wallnau, who has promoted election denialism. |
| September 2024 | JD Vance made controversial allegations about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, claiming they were eating pets and draining social services, which local authorities disputed as having no credible evidence. |
| September 2024 | During a debate with Kamala Harris, Trump was asked about Vance's statement regarding a potential veto of a national abortion ban, with Trump distancing himself from Vance's earlier claim. |
| September 2024 | Gallup poll indicated 41% of registered voters rated Vance as an 'excellent' or 'pretty good' vice-presidential candidate. |
| August 2024 | Vance stated that Trump would veto a national abortion ban. |
| August 2024 | On Face the Nation, Vance expressed support for increasing the child tax credit from $2,000 to $5,000 per child, despite being absent for a related Senate vote two weeks earlier. |
| August 2024 | Vance made controversial comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, stating that a vice president 'doesn't really matter' following criticism of his past remarks and political positions. |
| August 2024 | Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll showed Vance was relatively unknown, with only 27% having a favorable opinion of him, though 57% of Republicans supported him. |
| July 2024 | Selected by Donald Trump as his running mate before the Republican National Convention. |
| July 2024 | Selected by Donald Trump as his running mate before the Republican National Convention |
| July 2024 | CNN poll analysis after the Republican National Convention showed a net-negative approval rating for Vance, with some Republican politicians and analysts suggesting he may be a poor vice presidential running mate choice. |
| July 26 2024 | Vance clarified his previous remarks about childlessness on The Megyn Kelly Show, stating it was not a criticism of people without children but a critique of the Democratic Party's stance on family and children. |
| July 17 2024 | Vance accepted the nomination to be Trump's running mate during the third day of the Republican National Convention. |
| June 2024 | Vance sponsored the Dismantle DEI Act, which would ban federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding. |
| May 15 2024 | Trump and Vance attended a private $50,000 per head fundraising dinner in Cincinnati with guests including Chris Bortz and Nate Morris. |
| 2023 | Began serving in the U.S. Senate for a term spanning 2023–2025. |
| July 2023 | Vance and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced legislation that would criminalize gender-affirming care for minors, with potential prison sentences up to 12 years. |
| June 2023 | Vance voted against raising the debt ceiling, opposing the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and citing concerns about military readiness. |
| March 1 2023 | Vance and Senator Sherrod Brown cosponsored bipartisan legislation to prevent train derailments, which failed due to lack of Republican support. |
| January 2023 | Begins serving as a U.S. Senator representing Ohio. |
| January 31 2023 | JD Vance endorsed former president Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. |
| January 3 2023 | JD Vance was sworn in to the Senate as a member of the 118th United States Congress, beginning his Senate tenure. |
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