JD Vance’s critics thought he was a joke. His political ruthlessness was serious
The Ohio senator is the real deal in Trump world and is now only a heartbeat away from the presidency
He was written off as a drag on the presidential ticket, mocked by political opponents as “weird”, falsely rumored to have had sex with a couch, and pilloried as a misogynist for labelling women without children as “childless cat ladies”.
Now JD Vance – the butt of a spate of Democratic and liberal jokes for his awkward stump persona and much else – has turned the tables on his detractors.
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