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JD Vance

Republican · Vice President of the United States

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Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-08-30
Aug 30, 2026
2 edits by 1 editor (avg 2.0 per editor)
net +0c
What changed

Two small textual changes were made. In the infobox audio description, "Vance speaks on" was changed to "Vance speaking on." In the article's opening sentence, a comma after "James Donald Bowman" was changed to a semicolon. Both changes are in the lead/infobox section; no content was added or removed elsewhere.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-08-23
Aug 23, 2026
3 edits by 3 editors
net -2631c · 3,519c churn · biggest single: 3075c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — InternetArchiveBot
  2. 1 edit — Pac Veten
  3. 1 edit — AdaCiccone
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the "Early life and education" section. A citation was added referencing Donald Ray Bowman's birth and death years (1959–2023) along with a link to his obituary, and a second citation was added from the Today Show about Vance's parents Beverly Aikins and Donald Bowman. A White House biographical reference dated April 7, 2025 was also added to support the claim that Middletown, Ohio is where Vance was raised.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-08-16
Aug 16, 2026
17 edits by 10 editors (avg 1.7 per editor)
net +1281c · 1,313c churn · biggest single: 618c
Top editors this week
  1. 4 edits — SmallPneumatic
  2. 3 edits — Maxeto0910
  3. 3 edits — BootsED
  4. 1 edit — TalkTuahLunchly
  5. 1 edit — Colorado001
What changed

The description of Vance's pre-Senate religious background changed from "grew up an atheist" to "grew up a Protestant." The phrase describing when Vance became a Trump supporter changed from "during Trump's presidency" to "while running for Senate." The phrase "political realignment" gained wiki-link brackets in the second version.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-08-02
Aug 02, 2026
4 edits by 4 editors
net +385c · 385c churn · biggest single: 380c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — AlsoWukai
  2. 1 edit — RogerYg
  3. 1 edit — Pbritti
  4. 1 edit — SmallPneumatic
What changed

The only textual change visible in this diff is the addition of the word "from" in the phrase "After graduating from Middletown High School," where the earlier version read "After graduating Middletown High School." The net size increase of 385 characters is not accounted for by the visible diff content shown, which contains only this single word addition. The change is located in the biographical summary paragraph of the lead section.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-07-26
Jul 26, 2026
28 edits by 16 editors (avg 1.8 per editor)
net +1607c · 2,977c churn · biggest single: 512c
Top editors this week
  1. 7 edits — PublicDomainFan08
  2. 5 edits — Adavidb
  3. 2 edits — Engineerchange
  4. 2 edits — AlsoWukai
  5. 1 edit — NathanBru
Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-07-19
Jul 19, 2026
3 edits by 3 editors
net +459c · 825c churn · biggest single: 642c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — GrapesRock
  2. 1 edit — Pachu Kannan
  3. 1 edit — PublicDomainFan08
What changed

The only change visible in this diff is that the wikilink for "Middletown High School" was updated: the older version linked directly to `[[Middletown High School]]`, while the newer version links to `[[Middletown High School (Ohio)|Middletown High School]]`, adding a disambiguating target while keeping the displayed text the same. This change is isolated to a single phrase in the biographical paragraph about Vance's early life.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-07-12
Jul 12, 2026
392 edits by 104 editors (avg 3.8 per editor)
net +16208c · 91,966c churn · biggest single: 16175c
Top editors this week
  1. 58 edits — PublicDomainFan08
  2. 34 edits — Adavidb
  3. 26 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 21 edits — Wozal
  5. 19 edits — CMBGAMER 2018
What changed

The infobox was updated with a new official portrait image dated 2026 (replacing the 2025 one), and the "Use mdy dates" template was updated from May 2025 to March 2026. Several infobox fields were added or modified, including a new `term_end` field for the vice presidency, a `successor1` field for the RNC Finance Chair role, a `death_date` and `death_place` field, and the `relatives` field was changed from "Nate Vance (cousin)" to a link to "Family of JD Vance|Vance family." The `parents` field listing Donald Bowman and Beverly Vance was removed, and the `occupation` field listing "Politician|author" was also removed.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-07-05
Jul 05, 2026
499+ edits by 149 editors (avg 3.3 per editor)
net +38501c · 362,543c churn · biggest single: 133313c
Top editors this week
  1. 37 edits — PublicDomainFan08
  2. 33 edits — Adavidb
  3. 30 edits — CMBGAMER 2018
  4. 28 edits — AlsoWukai
  5. 26 edits — Wozal
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to change the portrait image from "VancePortrait.jpg" to "January 2025 Official Vice Presidential Portrait of JD Vance.jpg" and the caption from "Inaugural portrait, 2025" to "Official portrait, 2025." A new infobox field was added listing Vance as "Finance Chair of the Republican National Committee" with a start date of March 18, 2025 and predecessor Duke Buchan. The spouse field was changed from "Usha Vance|Usha Chilukuri" to simply "Usha Chilukuri," the "relatives" field listing Nate Vance as a cousin was removed, and the state field for his Senate office was simplified from a piped link to just "Ohio."

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-06-28
Jun 28, 2026
499+ edits by 169 editors (avg 3.0 per editor)
net +4256c · 59,014c churn · biggest single: 5138c
Top editors this week
  1. 35 edits — GoodDay
  2. 25 edits — Wozal
  3. 19 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 19 edits — Rochambeau1783
  5. 15 edits — SNUGGUMS
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to reflect Vance's transition from Vice President-elect to Vice President, changing his title, portrait image, and adding an "order" field listing him as the 50th Vice President, along with a new residence field showing "Number One Observatory Circle." Several date references were updated from 2024 to 2025, and a new senator entry was added showing his Senate term ending January 10, 2025 with Jon Husted listed as his successor. The occupation field was expanded to include "politician," "author," and "venture capitalist" as a formatted list.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-06-21
Jun 21, 2026
499+ edits by 117 editors (avg 4.3 per editor)
net +18920c · 176,822c churn · biggest single: 6962c
Top editors this week
  1. 69 edits — Wozal
  2. 47 edits — Adavidb
  3. 40 edits — RogerYg
  4. 28 edits — AlsoWukai
  5. 22 edits — KiharaNoukan
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to add a new primary office field listing "Vice President-elect of the United States" with Donald Trump as president-elect, a term start date of January 20, 2025, and Kamala Harris as the predecessor, while the existing Senator fields were renumbered as secondary entries. The short description was changed from "American politician (born 1984)" to "Vice President-elect of the United States." Several formatting details were also changed, including the removal of a file icon prefix from the corporal rank field, the removal of a ribbon image prefix from the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal entry, a change in the Yale Law School link display text, and a date metadata update from July 2024 to October 2024.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-06-14
Jun 14, 2026
499+ edits by 141 editors (avg 3.5 per editor)
net +20734c · 114,560c churn · biggest single: 4336c
Top editors this week
  1. 46 edits — Wozal
  2. 27 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 23 edits — Avraham
  4. 22 edits — SecretName101
  5. 22 edits — Starship.paint
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the infobox and appear to be mostly formatting and minor factual adjustments: "lawyer" was removed from the list of occupations, the Yale education entry was updated to specify "Yale Law School," the audio caption was shortened from "JD Vance's voice" to "Vance's voice," and an "allegiance" field was removed. Small formatting changes were also made to ribbon/rank icons, adding image files for the military rank and medals, and the birth name footnote reference was renamed from "namechange" to "surname."

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-06-07
Jun 07, 2026
499+ edits by 155 editors (avg 3.2 per editor)
net -72883c · 246,677c churn · biggest single: 117523c
Top editors this week
  1. 43 edits — RogerYg
  2. 38 edits — Wozal
  3. 22 edits — Thirdhuman
  4. 22 edits — Em3rgent0rdr
  5. 21 edits — KlayCax
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox gained a footnote reference (`efn|name=surname`) on the birth name field and an `alt` text description for the portrait image, with "U.S." changed to "US" in the birth place and alt text fields. A new `occupation` field listing politician, author, venture capitalist, and lawyer was added to the infobox. A minor formatting change was made to the audio module tag (`<br/>` changed to `<br />`), and the protection template changed from `Pp` to `pp-protected`.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-05-31
May 31, 2026
499+ edits by 142 editors (avg 3.5 per editor)
net +59287c · 142,781c churn · biggest single: 11343c
Top editors this week
  1. 44 edits — KlayCax
  2. 38 edits — KronosAlight
  3. 27 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 25 edits — MatthewDalhousie
  5. 22 edits — Esterau16
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was restructured: the Ohio state link was changed to include a piped display, an "other\_names" field showing "James Hamel Vance" was added via a nested Infobox person, and the education field was reformatted from inline text to a bulleted list. A `{{Current related}}` template referencing the 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection was added at the top, along with `{{Use American English}}` and `{{pp-protected}}` templates. The Listen module description text was changed from "J. D. Vance" to "JD Vance" and the Russian sanctions link was removed from the description text, and the ordering of several infobox fields (branch, serviceyears, rank) was rearranged.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-05-24
May 24, 2026
499+ edits by 237 editors (avg 2.1 per editor)
net +57282c · 93,868c churn · biggest single: 22740c
Top editors this week
  1. 28 edits — AlsoWukai
  2. 21 edits — BBQboffin
  3. 15 edits — GuardianH
  4. 12 edits — Renamed user losjpol293912
  5. 10 edits — Adavidb
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to replace an informal photo with an official Senate portrait, change his title from "Senator-elect" to "United States Senator," add a "predecessor" field listing Rob Portman, add an audio file of Vance speaking, add a signature field, and update the website from JDVance.com to vance.senate.gov. The opening biographical description was rewritten to remove the phrase "venture capitalist and author" and replace it with "conservative politician and lawyer," and his status changed from "senator-elect" to an active sitting senator. His wife's name was updated from "Usha Chilukuri" to a wikilinked "Usha Vance" with her maiden name in the marriage template.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-05-17
May 17, 2026
499+ edits by 184 editors (avg 2.7 per editor)
net +28124c · 96,706c churn · biggest single: 2769c
Top editors this week
  1. 29 edits — Marquardtika
  2. 23 edits — Pemilligan
  3. 20 edits — Treybien2
  4. 18 edits — Woko Sapien
  5. 16 edits — Horse Eye's Back
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was changed from a generic "person" template to an "officeholder" template, adding fields for his Senate role (senator-elect from Ohio, term starting January 3, 2023, succeeding Rob Portman), military service (Marine Corps, corporal, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2003–2007, Iraq War), and a website field. The children count changed from 2 to 3, and his photo and caption were updated from a 2017 image to a 2021 image. The opening paragraph was rewritten to identify him primarily as a politician rather than a venture capitalist and author, and added that he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022.

Wikipedia snapshot of JD Vance on 2026-05-11
May 11, 2026
99 edits by 68 editors (avg 1.5 per editor)
net +1986c
What changed

The article gained a significantly expanded infobox section with additional details about JD Vance's life, career, and personal background. The infobox now includes information about his birth name, education, occupation, notable works, political affiliation, spouse, and children. The changes are concentrated in the top section of the article, with the rest of the content remaining largely unchanged.