JD Vance Net Worth: How Rich is the Senator from Ohio?

JD Vance is an American conservative commentator, venture capitalist, and politician. He is also an author who published a memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. The memoir earned him wide attention during the 2016 election. Vance won the Republican OH primary election for the United Senate on May 3, 2022. As of 2023, JD Vance net worth is roughly $7 million.

Early life

JD Vance was born on August 2 in the year 1984 in Middletown, Ohio. He was born James Donald Bowman to parents, Bev Vance and Donald Bowman. Vance grew up with his sister. His grandparents looked after him and his sister after their parents divorced. James took the surname of his stepfather and was known by James Hamel earlier. Later, James chose to keep his surname Vance after reaching adulthood.

Vance studied at the public high school, Middletown High School. Following graduation, he served in the Iraq war after being enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. Vance later attended the Ohio State University and earned a BA degree in political science and philosophy. Vance then attended Yale Law School and received a Juris Doctor degree.

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Vance initiated his career serving at a corporate law firm. After some time, he shifted his place to San Francisco and started working in the technology industry. He is likewise a venture capitalist who works at Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm called Mithril Capital. He published his first book titled “Hilibilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” in 2016. The book was on the Best Seller list of The New York Times for two years in 2016 and 2017. Vance’s memoir also won the Audie Award for Nonfiction in 2017.

Vance shared his plan on moving to Ohio in order to start a non-profit in December 2016. By the time, he also had in his mind that he would potentially run for office. Vance became an investment partner in the investment firm, Revolution LLC in 2017. During the time, he also served as a contributor at CNN. That same year, he had signed a deal with Ron Howard, who was willing to make a movie based on his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. The movie was eventually released by the streaming platform, Netflix in 2020.

Vance is currently a candidate for the U. S. Senate from Ohio. On May 3, 2022, he won the Republican nomination. Earlier, Vance was a critic of Donald Trump while he was running for president in the 2016 election. In a post on Twitter in October 2016, he described Donald Trump as reprehensible. However, in July 2021, he apologized for criticizing Trump and deleted his posts.

Vance later came in a support of Trump and claimed in October 2021 that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election due to widespread voter fraud. Vance was in fact endorsed by Trump for his U. S. Senate candidacy in April 2022. Vance successfully claimed the victory in the Republican Primary on May 4, 2022. For the victory, he defeated the candidates such as Matt Dolan and Josh Mandel.

Personal Life

JD Vance is married to Usha Chilukuri since 2014. He and his wife were former law school classmates. His better half, Usha is known to be serving as a litigator in the Washington DC and San Francisco office of a law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson. Vance and Usha share three kids together. They welcomed their third child Mirabel Rose Vance in December 2021.

JD Vance Net Worth

JD Vance’s personal wealth is estimated to be around $7 million as of 2023. Vance raised $93 million in 2020 for the capital firm, Narya Capital, which is financially backed by Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, he has invested in an online video platform, Rumble.