According to Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy, he had minimal contact with his biological father, Donald Bowman, in childhood and was legally adopted by another man.

Television screens display President's Trump address to the nation, flanked by JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) ...

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