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J. D. Vance: “And I did that on both sides of my family, mom and dad's…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Podcast Conversation with Vice President J.D. Vance at Kid Rock's Nashville Restaurant

Published | Video Starts at 05:48

Somebody keeps up a database where you can go in and type your name and you can see how many people with your last name fought in the Civil War. Hell, yeah. And I did that on both sides of my family, mom and dad's side. And it was kind of crazy. How many. How many people with the same name at least fought in the Civil War? Oh, I'm sure. On. But on. I mean, like, on both sides, some Confederates, there was some Union. Yeah. Who would you have fought for, you think? Sorry, I'm joking. (05:48–05:57)

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Asserts that he checked the database for both sides of his family and found many people with the same name who fought in the Civil War.

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