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J. D. Vance: “I was raised by a Union Steel man, my grandfather.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:23

But these things have to sort of happen together. And I think they are happening together slowly but surely. So to give you an example, when I was, you know, I was raised by a Union Steel man, my grandfather. and the most important man of my life. He died when I was 13 years old. I called him Papawa Papel. Had this idea his work was the work of the hands. (05:23–05:26)

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