Will JD Vance keep his name through the entire campaign?
Or will he wait til after the election to change it…again?
And what will it be next time?
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He’s had four different names that we know of in his lifetime.
I suspect next time it will be JD Trump.
Ha! Well, the “D” was originally for “Donald”!
Colbert had a funny skit last night (Wednesday night) called “Hillbilly Eulogy. ” ha ha ha
He’s changed his name 4 times?! Please elucidate since I haven’t heard this.
According to the NY Times, his Mom named him James Donald & as she remarried she changed it to James David because he HATED the name Donald & his nickname was JD & she wanted to preserve that. Every time Mom remarried, he garnered a new last name as well. He finally took his grandparents last name when he became of age because he was tired of changing names.
@smudges His Mother changed his name or that’s his claim in his book. I have NO plans to read his book & I’m only taking the word of the NY Times that this is accurate. I’m also assuming that his account og his childhood is accurate…which I seriously doubt!!!
I’m guessing his grandmother’s last name was Vance, and so since she played such a big role in his life, he took her last name to honor her?
@jca2 Yes, it was/is Bobbie Blanton Vance.
Before I knew who he was, I watched Hillbilly Elegy because I’m a big Glenn Close fan. It was a good movie and I’m betting it was pretty accurate – maybe some minor changes.
One podcast I was listening to suggested he go by “Jimmy Vance”. (“Jimmy Vance is like ‘I want to sell you this Cadillac’”).
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