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Who is JD Vance?

JD Vance is a U.S. political figure tracked in the supplied material through his public statements on artificial intelligence and through commentary on his political trajectory.

Track record

  • Jun 2026 - JD Vance said AI is fundamentally a communist technology because it allows governments and corporations to surveil people in profound and different ways.
  • Jun 2026 - JD Vance cited figures of about 70% in the United States and 20 to 35% in other Western countries.

On the record

What named speakers have said about JD Vance.

Contrarian take

Netanyahu's own aligned media outlet, Channel 14, attacked Trump and JD Vance after the US-Iran deal, showing pro-Netanyahu media can break sharply with the American president.

“Even the newsmax channel 14 that I mentioned before which very much speaks Netanyahu's line I mean sort of in a not surprising way it's the same words that Netanyahu's people speak you'll also hear in the in channel 14 they came out guns are blazing even at Trump himself but especially against JD Vance which is part of why you saw JD Vance responding the way he did.”
Natan Sachs · 28 Aug 2026
Worth quoting

JD Vance on AI as a surveillance technology, comparing it to communism.

“A friend of mine once said that AI is fundamentally a communist technology in that it allows governments and corporations to surveil people in very profound and different ways.”
JD Vance · 18 Jun 2026
Worth quoting

Anne Applebaum on the risk of a JD Vance presidency and one-party state ambitions.

“The next president could be JD Vance, who I think is even more committed to the project of making America into a one party state.”
Anne Applebaum · 11 May 2026
By the numbers

Poll cited by JD Vance shows 70% of young Americans would die for their country, versus only 20 to 35% of young people in Western European countries.

“In the United States, it was something like 70%. And in all the other European, all the other Western countries, it was like 20 to 35%.”
JD Vance · 18 Jun 2026
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