Abortion, inflation, immigration: What are Republican VP pick JD Vance’s key policies?

Ohio Senator JD Vance, a MAGA loyalist, has been selected by Donald Trump as his running mate for the 2024 Republican presidential ticket.

A relative newcomer, Vance initially made a name for himself with his bestselling 2016 book, Hillby Elegy, a memoir of his upbringing in a poor, white Appalachian community.

Though he wasonce a vocal critic of Trump, Vance has cozied up to the former president and adopted many of his policies.

Trump’s decision to make Vance his VP pick has catapulted the senator into the spotlight. Here’s what to know about some of Vance’s key policies.

Vance personally opposes abortion in nearly all instances but his policy positions have flip-flopped over the years.

Before being elected to Congress, Vance expressed persistent anti-abortion views. When asked if anti-abortion laws should have exceptions for rape and incestin 2021, he responded: “Two wrongs don’t make a right.”

But in an interview last year, Vance said that there must be “exceptions for the life of the mother and rape and so forth”.

When asked about a 15-week national abortion ban during a 2022 debate, he said: “Some minimum national standard is totally fine with me.”

But he then said that he would “like it to be primarily a state issue” and believes it’s “reasonable” for each state to have a different abortion policy. That echoes Trump’s stance on the issue.

Vance celebrated the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade in 2022 and has voted against legislation that would have provided protections for IVF and a bill that would have codified the right to abortion.

Vance believes in harsh immigration policies that would severely restrict or deter people from crossing into the US through the Southern border – similar to Trump.

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