Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance differ quite typically.
Vance, 38, gained national attention in 2016 after his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” became a best-seller. It chronicled his life growing up in Middletown, Ohio, with his family life marred by addiction and instability. He eventually joined the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during the Iraq War, and attended Ohio State University before graduating from Yale Law School.
Ryan is running statewide for the first time, but long had been touted as a rising star who might someday run for higher office. Most recently, he unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Nancy Pelosi as House speaker in 2017 and passed on running for governor in 2018. He also ran for president in 2019 but failed to gain serious traction and dropped out before the Iowa caucuses.
“I think there’s a lot of really good things going on. And a lot of a lot of investments, job creation, possibilities,” Ryan said. “And people want to be plugged in on that.” Asked whether the two massive spending bills Congress approved under ex-President Donald Trump may also have contributed to inflation, Vance said yes, but less so than steps the Biden administration subsequently took.
Vance calls himself “energy maximalist,” which he said includes backing an expansion of nuclear power. He said he doesn’t see a conflict between pushing for oil and gas drilling in the U.S. and the environment, since the second-largest economy in the world, China, uses coal for much of its power grid.
Meanwhile, he highlighted spending in the $20 billion “Inflation Reduction Act” that Biden signed in August, which included “green energy” provisions like tax credits for solar projects and electric vehicle purchases and carbon sequestration, and grants for electric vehicle purchases. “We’ve got to talk this stuff through, but I think conceptually that’s kind of where I think we need to be and then a renewed commitment in the country to health,” Ryan said., is not philosophically opposed to some form of universal, government-provided healthcare.
Ryan has faced criticism from some police groups, including the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, which endorsed Vance, over some of the stances he took leading up to the 2020 nationwide social unrest associated with the Black Lives Matter movement. That includes Ryan’s vote to strip qualified immunity, the legal protections that prevent police from being sued, even in the case of alleged brutality.that was endorsed by both the FOP and the NAACP and said he would try to build consensus.
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