What’s in a name? JD Vance has had many of them

The Republican VP nominee removed the periods from his first name in July 2021. His campaign said it was how he wanted to be referenced in print. When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s name, it’s complicated.The senator from Ohio introduced himself to the world in 2016 when he published his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” under the name J.D. Vance — “like jay-dot-dee-dot,” he wrote, short for James David. In the book, he explained that this was not the...