Some thoughts on nation’s new vice president

Dear editor,

I’d like to distribute factual information about our incoming vice president, J.D. Vance.

In 2016, I purchased Vance’s book, titled “Hillbilly Elegy.” It’s a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. It’s part autobiography, part social text and part political economy and social mobility in the United States. Vance was under contract to write his second book titled, “A Relevant Faith for a Meaningful American Christianity,” but the project fell through.

Although Vance was exposed to a variety of hardships and endured a painful childhood, he “picked himself up by his bootstraps” to achieve a more desirable lifestyle. After high school, Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007. Vance was endowed with the power of speed, and the Marine Corps recognized his articulate abilities. Vance was assigned as a public affairs representative during a six-month stint in Iraq in which he received six awards.

Using his G.I. Bill, Vance attended Ohio State University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in arts. After graduating from Ohio State, he attended Yale Law School.

His education and experience played a major role why incoming President Donald J. Trump selected Vance as his running mate. Trump and Vance have four years to work toward a fresh, constructive and desirable economic “state of affairs.” I’m hopeful they will achieve what needs to be done.

J.D. Vance is part Scots-Irish. He’s 41 years of age, and will be the third youngest vice president in American history. Trump’s political term ends in four years. I have a strong feeling Vance will run for president of the United States.

– Rhonda O’Hanley, Glenns Ferry