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Vance

American  
[vans] / væns /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. needs a commitment that Iran won’t seek to revive its atomic program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Baker conceded that Vance might be “less popular with the older folks” but thought he could be even more liked than Trump with younger people like him.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The unlikely friendship between the deputy prime minister and the vice-president began when Lammy was an opposition MP and Vance had just been elected to the US Senate.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

This has nothing to do with Gavin Vance.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen