He can copy Obama's biography, but the vice president will never have the charisma
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He can copy Obama's biography, but the vice president will never have the charisma
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July 29, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)
Vice President JD Vance (Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)
The similarities between Barack Obama and JD Vance are striking. Their second books reveal what truly separates them.
In "Communion," the vice president assumes people still care about Charlie Kirk
From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "Communion," Vance's narrative is about power, not solidarity
Sarah Baxter: The President seems very unmotivated to give his VP a leg-up, no matter how hard he tries to please
The claim from Donald Trump's vice president went about as well as you'd expect on social media.
“Listen, hypocrisy is progress,” the former president also pointed out.
