
1984: James Donald Bowman born and raised in a "conservative, evangelical" branch of Protestantism.
****: James Donald Bowman's mother changes his name to James David Hamel.
2003: J.D. Hamel graduated highschool, enlisted in the USMC and served 4 years as a military journalist.
2005: J.D. Hamel deployed to Iraq.
2007: J.D. Hamel uses the GI Bill to leave military service and study at Ohio State University.
2009: J.D. Hamel graduates Ohio State University.
2010: Hamel enters Yale Law School.
2011: Hamel initiates a rapport with Peter Thiel after attending a Theil talk at Yale.
2013: James David Hamel legally changes name to James David Vance before graduating from Yale.
2013-2015: J.D. Vance worked for Republican senator John Cornyn, followed by a year spent as a law clerk for Judge David Bunning of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, then worked at the law firm Sidley Austin.
2015-2016: J.D. Vance ditches law and jumps into Venture Capitalism, working for a friend of Theil's.
2016: J.D. Vance publishes Hillbilly Ellegy, in which he falsely claims adopting the surname Vance in 2014 upon his marriage.
2016: J.D. Vance was an outspoken critic of then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, calling him "reprehensible" and himself a "never Trump guy".
2016-2017: J.D. Vance serves as a principal at Peter Thiel's firm, Mithril Capital.
2016-2017: J.D. Vance founds a 501(c), Our Ohio Renewal as a front for secretly funding his political ambitions.
2017: J.D. Vance joined Steve Case's firm Revolution LLC.
2017-2018: J.D. Vance was a CNN contributor.
2017-2021: J.D. Vance serves on the board of directors of the startup AppHarvest.
2017-2025: J.D. Vance founds another 501(c) called Our Ohio Renewal Foundation, also a front for secretly funding his political ambitions.
2018: J.D. Vance's 501(c), Our Ohio Renewal Foundation funds American Enterprise Institute psychiatrist Sally Satel's year long residency in Ohio's Appalachian region.
2019: J.D. Vance serves on the board of advisors of the With Honor Fund, super PAC.
2019: J.D. Vance & Chris Buskirk co-found Rockbridge Network.
2019: J.D. Vance co-founds Narya Capital with financial backing from Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and Marc Andreessen
2019: J.D. Vance was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church, after being influenced to convert to Catholicism by Peter Thiel.
2020: J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel & former Trump adviser Darren Blanton invest in Rumble.
2020 - 2023, J D. Vance serves on the board of advisors of the Project 2025 affiliated American Moment
2021: J.D. Vance's 1st 501(c) Our Ohio Renewal, closes with sparse achievements
2021: J.D. Vance is sponsored in March by Peter Thiel to the tune of $10 million via the Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC created in February for Vance.
2021: J.D. Vance announced his Senate campaign in Ohio.
2021: J.D. Vance introduced to Trump by Peter Thiel.
2022: J.D. Vance won the Republican primary.
2022: J.D. Vance becomes JD Vance, by removing the periods from his initials.
2022: JD Vance's Senate campaign sponsored by PayPal Mafia members David O. Sacks & Peter Theil via a super PAC to the tune of $900,000 & $15 million respectively.
2023: JD Vance sworn into Senate as a member of the 118th United States Congress.
2023: JD Vance & MTG introduced legislation that would have made gender-affirming care for minors a federal crime.
2023: JD Vance endorses former president Donald Trump.
2023-2025: JD Vance serves as Ohio's junior senator.
2024: JD Vance sponsors the Dismantle DEI Act, which would ban federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding for agencies, contractors, and organizations receiving federal funds.
2024: JD Vance was announced by Trump on Truth Social as being chosen as his running mate.
2024-2025: JD Vance made 45 Senate speeches, sponsored 57 legislative bills, none of which had passed the Senate, and also co-sponsored 288 bills, of which two passed both the Senate and House but were vetoed by Presitard Biden.
2025: JD Vance becomes Ohio's senior senator, resigning 7 days later in anticipation of his VP inauguration.
2025: JD Vance sworn into office as 50th U.S. VP.