Vice presidency of JD Vance

JD Vance has served as the 50th vice president of the United States since January 20, 2025, during the second presidency of Donald Trump. Vance, a member of the Republican Party who had previously served as a U.S. senator representing Ohio from 2023 to 2025, was selected as Trump's running mate and took office following their victory in the 2024 presidential election over Democratic nominees Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. He is the first vice president to have served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

The first Millennial to be vice president, Vance is the youngest person elected to the office since Richard Nixon in 1952, as well as the third-youngest vice president in U.S. history. He is the second Catholic to hold the position, after Joe Biden, and has the least previous political experience of any vice president, serving two years and seven days in office as a senator from Ohio before assuming the vice presidency. During his tenure, Vance has also served as the finance chair of the Republican National Committee. As of late 2024, he was considered poised to become the most powerful U.S. vice president since Dick Cheney.

Alongside Vance's vice presidency, the Republican Party also holds their majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate during the 119th U.S. Congress following the 2024 elections, attains an overall federal government trifecta.