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JD Vance: “I will say that as the father of a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 1-year-old, the 5- and the 3-year-old are both boys…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2023
I will say that as the father of a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 1-year-old, the 5- and the 3-year-old are both boys, that outside of firefighters, bus drivers are maybe the coolest profession in the world to my two kids.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio

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Vance shares a personal perspective on the importance of bus drivers.

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