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Cathie Jo Seamon, a Birmingham resident and member of the Christ Our Light parish, said JD Vance's background and values make him an excellent choice to help reverse the country's economic and moral decay.

“I'm over the moon happy. I had read Mr. Vance's book years ago and found him a very smart man,” Seamon said. “I appreciate that he was raised in such an economically deprived area and yet never fell into the feeling of victimhood. He is a fighter -- every bit as much as President Trump."

"I appreciate his turn to Catholicism. I think he was a great choice," she said. "I was going to vote for President Trump no matter who he chose as his running mate. I think that the Democratic party and President Biden are leading the country into economic and moral decay. I think the Trump-Vance ticket wants to reverse that. The choice of Vance as VP makes me more excited to go and vote for President Trump.”

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.