JD Vance Quiz

Last week, Donald Trump selected JD Vance as his running mate on the Republican Presidential ticket. At the time, many had not heard much from Vance, except for the fact he wrote the book "Hillbilly Elegy" and was a U.S. Senator from Ohio. Because of his sudden rise in Republican politics and potentially could become vice president, I decided to research and learn a little more about this rising star.

If you're as curious about the man as I was, you may be interested in taking this quiz. Good luck!

A. How long has Vance served as U.S. Senator for Ohio?

1. 6 years.

2. 3 years.

3. 1.5 years. 

4. Never served.

B. What did Vance say about Trump in an interview with NPR in 2016?

1. He’s my hero. 

2. His business acumen will help Trump run the country.

3. He’s had so much privilege in his life.

4. I can’t stomach the guy.

C. What did Vance say about Trump in 2021?

1. He’s the best president in my lifetime.

2. He took care of all those left behind in the Rust Belt.

3. Trump used his business acumen to make America great again.

4. I wasn’t wrong about the guy; he didn’t do well as president.

D. What did Vance say in 2022, as an Ohio Senate candidate, about abortion?

1. Let each State decide.

2. National abortion ban (no exceptions, even for rape or incest).

3. He didn’t address abortion in 2022.

4. 15 weeks maximum for abortion. 

E. Who did Vance vote for in 2016?

1. Donald Trump.

2. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

3. For independent Evan McMullin.

4. Jill Stein.

F. What did Vance say about Trump in a 2016 interview about his book, the “Hillbilly Elegy?”

1. If Trump leads the MAGA movement, I’m all in.

2. I think Trump is the rawest expression of a massive finger pointed at other people.

3. Trump had a different background than mine but still is great at understanding all people.

4. I respect people that speak their minds, even if they lie.

G. What political office did Vance hold before becoming a U.S. Senator?

1. He was a congressman representing Southern Ohio.

2. He served on the local school board in Middleton for several years.

3. He was the mayor of Middleton.

4. Didn’t hold any political office.

H. Who convinced Trump to pick Vance as his V.P. candidate?

1. Melania Trump.

2. Don Jr and Eric Trump.

3. Peter Navarro.

4. Steve Bannon.

I. Why did Trump choose Vance as his V.P. candidate?

1. To win Ohio. 

2. Largely to fire up the MAGA base. 

3. To boost the Republican ticket in Rust Belt states.

4. Someone who’s smart because he went to Yale. 

J. What did Vance say about voters with children?

1. Parents should have a bigger say in U.S. democracy than non-parents.

2. A surtax on parents who have kids because of the environmental costs of children.

3. The government should provide free babysitting on election day so parents can vote easily. 

4. The election should be held on the first Saturday and Sunday in November to allow everyone to vote.

K. Vance was elected to the United States Senate in November of 2022. According to Politico, how much money did Peter Thiel give to his campaign?

1. $2 million.

2. $10 million.

3. Peter gave nothing.

4. $100,000.

L. What was J.D.’s birth name?

1. Donald John Bowman.

2. James Donald Bowman.

3. Jim Vance Jr.

4. James Donald Hamel.

M. What did Mitt Romney tell his biographer about Vance in 2022?

1. I’m glad he didn’t run in Utah because he’s a formable opponent.

2. He’ll make a great U.S. Senator.

3. I don’t know if I can disrespect someone more than JD Vance.

4. He’s wickedly intelligent and destined to become president.

N. What did Vance say about Trump never serving in the military?

1. He was too busy building skyscrapers in New York City.

2. He had a legitimate reason (bone spurs) that made him exempt from the military.

3. Trump could have served somehow in the military in another capacity.

4. He was too great a businessman and too rich to serve in an awful war in Vietnam.

5. None of the above.

O. What did Vance say about Mike Pence in 2021 after the election?

1. JD would not have certified the election that we needed multiple slates of electors from certain battleground states.

2. Unlike Pence, Vance hated the Electoral College. Biden won the popular vote and should have immediately been elected president.

3. He was a loyal soldier for Trump but had the integrity to say Trump indeed lost the 2020 election.

4. Pence should have waited until a full election investigation was completed.

P. What did Vance tell Steve Bannon in an interview about Ukraine in 2022?

1. Ukraine should be part of NATO.

2. Putin is a despot and doesn’t belong in Ukraine or Crimea.

3. I have to be honest with you; I don’t care what happens to Ukraine in one way or another.

4. We must protect them because I don’t want another European Cold War.

Q. What did Vance say in his book, the Hillbilly Elegy, about his Scots-Irish ancestry?

1. We’re the most agreeable and open-minded people.

2. We do not like outsiders who are different from us, whether the differences lie in how they look, how they act, or, most importantly, how they talk.

3. Your ancestry doesn’t make a difference in how successful a person can be – thinking that way is limiting.

4. Most of my neighbors had the same ancestry, so it didn’t make a difference to me.

R. Before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in ’22, what was Vance’s response on whether anti-abortion laws should include rape and incest exceptions?

1. Two wrongs don’t make a right; at the end of the day, we’re talking about an unborn baby.

2. The Supreme Court should have refused the case.

3. In cases of rape and incest, the mother should be given the right to choose.

4. What would Jesus do.
   

Answers:

A=3

B=4

C=1

D=2

E=3

F=2

G=4

H=2

I=3

J=1

K=2

L=2

M=3

N=5

O=1

P=3

Q=2

R=1

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