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JD Vance Trivia

Flex your trivia muscles on JD Vance’s wild ride—from Marine gigs and memoir mayhem to Mamaw magic and Rust Belt swagger.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Before adopting his grandparents’ surname in 2013, what was U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s birth surname?

Bowman

Which 2016 memoir recounts J.D. Vance’s Middletown, Ohio upbringing and Appalachian Kentucky roots?

Hillbilly Elegy

Sworn in on January 20, 2025 as the 50th Vice President, JD Vance served under which president?

Donald Trump

Selected as Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate at age 39, JD Vance is the first member of which generation to headline a major-party ticket?

Millennials

In Hillbilly Elegy, what nickname did JD Vance use for the grandmother who raised him, later portrayed by Glenn Close in the 2020 film?

Mamaw