An argument in the White House tore apart the US alliance with Ukraine, shook European leaders and highlighted JD Vance's key role in forcefully expressing Donald Trump's foreign policy. The vice-president has come out punching on the global stage - so what is it that drives his worldview?

Vance published his book Hillbilly Elegy during Donald Trump's first presidential campaign. The 2016 bestseller helped Vance gain prominence. The book brought Vance closer to Trump, who admired it and had known Vance since he began his political career.

Vice President JD Vance is a busy man. Over the past three weeks, he’s traveled to France and Germany, addressed the crowd at a massive conservative conference, berated the Ukrainian president, and visited the US-Mexico border. Despite his busy schedule, Vance seemingly always finds time to engage in one of his favorite hobbies: posting.

During a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian president of leading “propaganda tours” of Russia’s destruction in the country.

Although he's become the vice president, JD Vance had a difficult childhood due to his strained relationship with his mother, Beverly Aikins.