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JD Vance may now be known as the ultraconservative vice president in the polarizing second cabinet of Donald Trump, but he didn't always hold these views. As a U.S. senator and now second-in-command, he has supported an array of policies that infringe on LGBTQ+ rights and spouted praise for law enforcement amid Trump's controversial decision to send the National Guard to Washington, D.C. However, a former friend attested that this doesn't represent the person they once knew.

While this may be shocking to those previously unfamiliar with him, this isn't all that surprising to those who were. After all, he's married to Usha Vance, a former Hillary Clinton supporter and registered Democrat until 2014. In a situation that mirrors her

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