 He wound up becoming a Marine. Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War. J.D. Vance served in the Iraq War in combat as a Marine. He went to Yale, got a law degree, moved to California, became a venture capitalist, worked for Peter Thiel. Started his own VC group, has made good money, was an author. His wife met him at Yale. They got married. She's a successful lawyer, corporate lawyer. They live in Ohio.