I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale. — J. D. Vance Entire life Copy Share Image
I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The factories that moved overseas used to provide not just high-paying jobs but also a sense of purpose and community. — J. D. Vance Community Copy Share Image
Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people. — J. D. Vance Failure Copy Share Image
It's hard to strike that balance: to tell a kid that life isn't fair, but also recognize and enforce in them the… — J. D. Vance Balance Copy Share Image
Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family. — J. D. Vance Family Copy Share Image
Policies that promote better wages and better jobs would be super-helpful, and I'm a big fan of programs that encourage people to… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I don't think that the Left has a monopoly on bad ideas. I don't think the Right has a monopoly on good… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
For two years, I'd lived in Silicon Valley, surrounded by other highly educated transplants with seemingly perfect lives. It's jarring to live… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
If you're graduating from high school, and you come from a lower income family, you're effectively given two options. One is get… — J. D. Vance College degree Copy Share Image
I learned from my community how to shoot a gun, how to shoot it well. I learned how to make a damn… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Politicians of both parties told us that free trade with Asia and Latin America would spur economic growth, and maybe it did… — J. D. Vance America Copy Share Image
I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me… — J. D. Vance Catholic Copy Share Image
Violence and chaos were an ever-present part of the world that I grew up in. And unfortunately, it wasn't just in my… — J. D. Vance Chaos Copy Share Image
People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules,… — J. D. Vance Faith Copy Share Image
When I started law school in 2010, I would have called myself an atheist. When I graduated law school in 2013, I… — J. D. Vance Atheist Copy Share Image
Solutions are complex, and I continue to worry that Trump didn't fully appreciate the complexity of what's going on. Consequently, I worry… — J. D. Vance Chance Copy Share Image
Barack Obama was elected during my second year of college, and save for his skin color, he had much in common with… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think… — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I have been waiting for someone to come along and tap into that very real frustration that exists in a very large… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
People in my hometown voted for President Reagan - for many, like my grandpa, he was their first Republican - because he… — J. D. Vance Creation Copy Share Image
It seems that in the rush to be the first one to the story, the media overstates things. Not maliciously; I don't… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps… — J. D. Vance Army Copy Share Image
What unites Trump's voters is a sense of alienation from America's wealthy and powerful. — J. D. Vance Alienation Copy Share Image
The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country. — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
The regulatory approach of the Food and Drug Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office has driven up the costs of generic… — J. D. Vance Costs Copy Share Image
I went to Yale to earn a law degree. But that first year at Yale taught me most of all that I… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I am proud of my service and proud of those who served alongside me. But war is about more than service and… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Trump's voters loathe Jeb Bush because their lives are falling apart, and they blame people like him. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
