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>J.D. was his childhood nickname, which he clarified in his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy was pronounced like 'jay-dot-dee'.
>Vance made the final alteration to his name after joining politics in July 2021, removing the periods from ‘J.D.’
Imagine being so autistic that you legally chance your name because people did not call you "jay-dot-dee" lmao.
Also turns out that this isn't his only name chance, he changed it several times throughout his life. What an insecure little guy.