JD Vance Reveals Stunning Moment In Life 

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) recalled the moment his life changed and he began to thank his lucky star for being born in “the greatest country on earth.”

Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2003 and served in Iraq as a combat correspondent for six months in late 2005 before becoming a military journalist, as detailed in his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” The Ohio senator credited his time in the Marine Corps with significantly shaping his character and career.

“I was mad at my mother and father, mad that I rode the bus to school while other kids caught rides with friends, mad that my clothes didn’t come from Abercrombie, mad that my grandfather died, mad that we lived in a small house. That resentment didn’t vanish in an instant, but as I stood and surveyed the mass of children of a war-torn nation, their school without running water, and the overjoyed boy, I began to appreciate how lucky I was: born in the greatest country on earth, every modern convenience at my fingertips, supported by two loving hillbillies, and part of a family that, for all its quirks, loved me unconditionally.”

The GOP Senator noted in his book that it was at that moment his life and personality changed.

“At that moment, I resolved to be the type of man who would smile when someone gave him an eraser. I haven’t quite made it there, but without that day in Iraq, I wouldn’t be trying,” Vance continued.

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) faced an embarrassing moment on Wednesday when she tried to deny Vance’s service record. Smith, while speaking to CNN’s anchor Jim Acosta, said she was “unaware” of Vance serving in the military.

Top Harris surrogate is unaware of JD Vance's military service: pic.twitter.com/Bw0Fg2lvrE

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 7, 2024

“Well here is Tim Walz who enlisted when he was 17 years old. He served in the National Guard for 24 years and I’m not aware of any military service that J.D. Vance has ever served, so let’s just make the comparison there,” Smith told Acosta.

Acosta corrected live on air, stating that Vance actually served in the Marines.

“Well, he was in the Marines,” Acosta interjected, to which Smith embarrassingly accepted.

You know what really bothers me about Tim Walz?

When the US Marine Corps asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it.

When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, he dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him. I think that's shameful. pic.twitter.com/Dq9xjn4R51

— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 7, 2024