JD Vance and the Future of the Republican Party

Summary

Before 2016, JD Vance was completely unknown to the American public. He
had a compelling life story: A poor kid from a dysfunctional family in
Middletown, Ohio, encouraged by the loving support of his grandmother and a
handful of others within his family and community. He rose from a broken
home and a broken community, joined the Marines, went to Yale Law School,
and ended up an elite lawyer working in Silicon Valley with some of the
richest and smartest people in the world.
Now, Vance is one of the most powerful and influential Republicans in the
country. But unlike many politicians, Vance is a public intellectual. Years
before he ran for public office, Vance was a prolific thinker, writer, and
speaker, grappling with some of the most important issues that face the
Republican Party and the nation today.
Vance has a solid grip on where the Republican Party has come from and
where it is heading. He sees the various factions and coalitions that make up
the Party and understands them deeply. As the Republican Party works to
adapt to the political changes initiated by Trump to truly become the profamily and pro-worker Party of the American middle class, Vance stands alone
as the most knowledgeable and capable politician to bring the Republican
Party—and the nation—into the post-Donald Trump world.