J. D. Vance: “Raised in a poor family, raised by a grandmother who would…”

“But the government, with bad policy and bad leadership, it can't destroy that American dream, whatever shape it takes in the lives of you and your children. And so I just want you to know that I'll never forget where I came from. Raised in a poor family, raised by a grandmother who would sometimes struggle to pay her prescription drugs or put food on the table and had to pick one or the other. And here I am before you, the greatest crowd in the world, as the vice president of the greatest country in the world. This country is still a place of very big dreams.” (43:58–44:08)

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