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J.D. Vance Could Become Second Catholic Vice President If Trump Picks Him

(Matthew McDonald. National Catholic Register)

Shortly after he became a Catholic in August 2019, J.D. Vance told an interviewer the Church’s vision of a just society helped draw him to the faith. “My views on public policy and what the optimal state should look like are pretty aligned with Catholic social teaching,” Vance told Rod Dreher of The American Conservative. Now, less than five years later, Vance is a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio and is on former President Donald Trump’s short list for vice president of the United States. Vance’s possible candidacy for national office — which could begin any day now — has admirers excited about the prospect of a Catholic in high office who engages publicly with his faith.