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Barb McFarland, a Linwood resident and member of the St. Anne parish, said JD Vance is "an absolutely wonderful pick" for a Vice President nominee due to his values. 

“I think he is an absolutely wonderful pick. His values are in the same line as President Trump and all of America,” McFarland said. “His direction will be something that I am looking forward to. It would always increase my support. He is definitely a strong candidate for making people, regular Catholics, for the two people to be guiding us, with God at the head of it.”

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance was named as Former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump’s running mate and Vice President at the beginning of the Republican National Convention.

If Trump and Vance win the 2024 election, Vance will become the first Catholic vice president of the Republican party.

“It’s good to be home and I do think the Catholic Church is my home,” said Vance in an interview with Brian Burch, President of CatholicVote.

Vance, 39, was first elected to serve Ohio in the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 2022 General Election. He defeated U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), winning 53% to Ryan’s 47%.

Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007, graduated from Ohio State University, and received a J.D. from Yale University Law School.

He also is the author of the 2016 book, “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” which reached The New York Times Bestseller list in 2016 and 2017.

A Middletown, Ohio native, Vance lives with his wife and three children.