Back to search
Headshot of JD Vance
RepublicanOfficial sources

JD Vance

Vice President of the United States · OH · Vice president; former U.S. senator

Deck influence
92/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$15M
2022 senate / 2024 national
Spent
$15M
Campaign spending snapshot
Cash
$400K
Cash on hand
Critical coverage
72/100
47% negative share
Top outlet
23%
Fox News
Influence
92/100
Transparent deck score
Top coverage topic
18%
Immigration
Tracked articles
1,728
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Net worth midpoint
$9.0M
Disclosure-range estimate
Social reach
69M
Public-platform snapshot · 2026-06-04
Funding Mix

2022 senate / 2024 national · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$15M
Spent
$15M
Cash
$400K
Small individual donors25%
Large individual donors36%
PAC / committee support31%
Other8%

Senate committee baseline plus national-role context.

Named committees and PACs
JD Vance for Senate Inc.
Candidate committee · Associated
$15M
Protect Ohio Values
Super PAC / outside group · Supports
$13M
Coverage Share

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04 · top outlet: Fox News

Tracked against the fixed MVP outlet set; replace with live GDELT query dates during ingestion.

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Immigration18%
216 tracked mentions
Ukraine skepticism15%
180 tracked mentions
Industrial policy14%
168 tracked mentions
Trump agenda13%
156 tracked mentions
Culture issues12%
144 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

MVP trend snapshots and public-discussion method notes

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people discuss around this candidate; they are not Perception endorsements or factual claims about quality.

Influencer narratives
Pod Save America / Crooked MediaPodcastLeftCritical

Left-leaning commentators tend to scrutinize JD Vance around immigration, institutional risk, and policy consequences.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Ben Shapiro / Daily WireYouTubeRightMixed

Right-leaning commentators tend to frame JD Vance around coalition usefulness, conservative priorities, and conflict with Democrats or media institutions.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Breaking PointsYouTubeMixed / independentMixed

Independent/populist coverage should be checked for anti-establishment framing, donor scrutiny, and issue-specific disagreement around immigration.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Trend signals
Google Trends
Relative search interest · United States
72
JD VanceJD Vance Immigration

Google Trends API is schema-ready but treated as an MVP snapshot until official alpha/API or exported trend data is connected.

News search
Issue-search association · United States
61
JD VanceJD Vance Industrial policy

MVP news-search association derived from profile topics and fixed outlet coverage; replace with query-volume ingestion.

X
Discussion intensity · United States
68
JD VanceImmigration

X signal is API-ready for recent-search/full-archive ingestion; this MVP value is a method placeholder with query terms preserved.

Instagram
Hashtag / public post visibility · United States
46
JDVanceImmigration

Instagram signal must use official Graph/API or vendor data; do not scrape. This MVP value is a placeholder for future ingestion.

Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$9.0M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures, book royalties, investment holdings, and reported liabilities.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Right / national conservative. Estimated from Senate record, public speeches, and administration role.
Why They’re In This Deck

Transparent influence inputs

Role
37

How much formal power this person currently has: president, vice president, congressional leader, governor, senator, or candidate.

Coverage
20

How much attention they receive in the tracked national news outlet set.

Legislative
17

How much leverage they have over bills, confirmations, budgets, rules, or state/federal policy.

Electoral
18

How relevant they are to presidential, statewide, or nationally watched elections.

Source-backed summary

Vice president and former Ohio senator whose influence comes from executive office, close alignment with Trump, and high national visibility.

Top tracked issues
ImmigrationIndustrial policyCulture issuesForeign policy
50th U.S. vice president
Former U.S. senator from Ohio
Author and venture-capital background
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

JD Vance is best read as a republican power figure whose profile centers on immigration and industrial policy.

Power lever

Their practical influence comes through executive power and national agenda-setting, fundraising networks, media attention, and coalition relationships tracked in this profile.

Public perception

Public attention clusters around Fox News and CNN coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats immigration as the dominant narrative to verify against podcasts, YouTube, X, newsletters, and cable clips.

Trend spike watch

Trend fields are MVP snapshots: use the listed query terms and date ranges as the future ingestion contract for Google Trends, X, Instagram, and vendor social-listening data.

Why this matters long term

This profile is structured as durable civic data: every claim should either cite a source, name a method, or be easy to replace with a live ingestion result.

Key Stances

Source-backed issue stance summaries

Immigration
Official sources

Immigration is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Industrial policy
Official sources

Industrial policy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Culture issues
Official sources

Culture issues is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Foreign policy
Official sources

Foreign policy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Economy
Official sources

Economy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Abortion
Official sources

Abortion is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Background

Education, home state, and public family bio

From
Ohio
Highest education
Juris Doctor
Marriages
1
Children
3
Schools
Ohio State UniversityYale Law School

Public biographical snapshot; family counts and residence can change and should be refreshed from official bios/public disclosures.

Controversy Meter

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04

Critical coverage intensity
72
High
Negative share
47%
Tracked articles
1,728

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 13% personal/family association, and concentrated conflict coverage in the tracked outlet set.

Political Allies

Coalition and governing network

Institutional Memory

Historical records for long-term study

Policy milestone
2016
Author

Published Hillbilly Elegy.

Office
2023-2025
U.S. senator

Represented Ohio in the Senate.

Office
2025-
Vice president

Serves as vice president in the Trump administration.

Policy milestone
2026-06-04
Perception source snapshot

Structured snapshot tying office history, money, media topics, issue stances, and trend placeholders into one reusable civic-data record.

Resume Timeline

Quick scan

2016
Author

Published Hillbilly Elegy.

2023-2025
U.S. senator

Represented Ohio in the Senate.

2025-
Vice president

Serves as vice president in the Trump administration.

Most Similar

Coalition and career resemblance

Receipts

Every profile starts with public sources

MVP note: controversy, funding, net worth, and coverage values are seeded estimates structured for future FEC, GDELT, disclosure, and Congress.gov ingestion.