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Vance Memoir Ties Faith to Anti-Abortion, Immigration Stance

6/16/2026

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Vance Releases Memoir

U.S. Vice President JD Vance released the memoir “Communion,” linking his Catholic conversion to policies favoring families, limiting migration, rejecting basic income, and opposing abortions.
2024 disclosure shows Vance signed a publishing deal in 2017 and toured Church of the Holy Sepulchre on October 23, 2025.
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts praised Vance’s faith while political scientist Ryan Burge noted U.S. President Donald Trump won 59% of Catholic voters in 2024.

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Vance Becomes VP

James Donald Bowman Vance, Vice President, born August 2 1984 in Middletown, Ohio, became the first former Marine Vice President on 20 January 2025.
Raised by grandparents after his parents’ divorce, he served four years as a Marine journalist in Iraq, left as a corporal, and earned a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
He graduated summa cum laude from Ohio State, earned a Yale Law degree, and worked Peter Thiel’s venture firm Mithril Capital.

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Trump Picks Vance

U.S. President Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice-presidential running mate in 2024, resulting in a ticket victory.
Vance, who called Donald Trump “catastrophic” in 2016, later accepted Trump’s endorsement that secured his 2022 Senate victory over Tim Ryan.
He resigned the Senate on 10 January 2025, was sworn vice president on 20 January 2025, and was succeeded in the Senate by Jon Husted.

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Vance Warns Regulation

Vance became the youngest vice president in U.S. history and the first Millennial to hold the office.
In March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump gave Vance control of the RNC’s finances, tasking him with fundraising and budgeting.
Vance has become a leading AI voice, urging a lighter-touch, innovation-friendly federal regulatory framework.
In June 2026, Vance warned that heavy AI regulation could hurt U.S. competitiveness, reinforcing his New Right post-liberal stance.

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Vance Releases Memoir

U.S. Vice President JD Vance released the memoir “Communion,” linking his Catholic conversion to policies favoring families, limiting migration, rejecting basic income, and opposing abortions.
2024 disclosure shows Vance signed a publishing deal in 2017 and toured Church of the Holy Sepulchre on October 23, 2025.
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts praised Vance’s faith while political scientist Ryan Burge noted U.S. President Donald Trump won 59% of Catholic voters in 2024.

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