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J. D. Vance’s selection as Donald Trump’s running mate has unnerved many Democrats. He is closely tied to the architects of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation plan to purge large swathes of the civil service. He is friendly with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, and Alex Jones, and he warns darkly about falling birthrates and rising immigration. All of this strikes many as remarkable given that Vance began his political career as the darling of the liberal establishment