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How ‘tiger mum’ Amy Chua helped boost Trump VP pick J.D. Vance to superstardom
- The author and law professor was Vance’s mentor at Yale, and a huge cheerleader for his eventual bestseller, Hillbilly Elegy
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US Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has come a long way since graduating from Yale Law School in 2013.
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The former venture capitalist-turned-politician’s career trajectory got a big boost on Monday when former US president Donald Trump named him running mate.
“As vice-president, J.D. will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our troops, and will do everything he can to help me make America great again,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Vance does have benefactors, like tech billionaire Peter Thiel. But before Thiel, Vance caught a big break when he was still in law school.
The Marine veteran enrolled at Yale Law School in 2010 after graduating from Ohio State University.
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