All About J.D. Vance's Sister Lindsay

Mar. 15, 2025

Lindsay and J.D Vance.Photo:NBC News; Andrew Harnik/Getty

NBC News; Andrew Harnik/Getty

J.D. Vancegrew up with his sister Lindsay.

The brother and sister were raised in Middletown, Ohio, where they had a tumultuous childhood.

Though Vance’s sister isn’t in the spotlight like him, she has spoken about her brother in various interviews, tellingMegyn Kellyin 2017, “I would die for that kid. And I know he would, too.”

Now, as adults, Lindsay will watch as Vance is sworn in as PresidentDonald Trump’s vice president on Jan. 20.

Here’s everything to know about J.D. Vance’s sister Lindsay.

She’s five years older than J.D.

DuringaSunday Nightsegmenton Vance, Kelly reported that Lindsay is five years older than Vance and was protective of him growing up. Amid their mother’s abuse, the broadcast journalist noted that Lindsay was a source of “comfort and protection” for Vance.

She cried readingHillbilly Elegy

Haley Bennett, Gabriel Basso and Amy Adams in ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ film adaptation.Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX

During Lindsay’s interview with Kelly, she recalled how she was emotional reading Vance’s memoirHillbilly Elegyas it brought back a lot of memories from their childhood.“I just laid in bed at night pulling apart and reading it and I would just cry,” she said.

“I just felt so sorry for those kids and why I didn’t see more of him," Lindsay added, reflecting on the years after she had moved out but he still lived with their grandparents. “I should have been able to do more.”

She is married with three children

While Vance still lived with their grandparents, Lindsay, five years older, got married and began to have children; she now is a mother of three.

Lindsay has since expressed guilt over leaving Vance alone.

“We’ve talked a lot about that and I just don’t think that Lindsay should feel guilty at all about it,” Vance told Kelly onSunday Night.“She had found her way and I was looking for my way out.”

She defended J.D. Vance following the release of his memoir

“The kid has never done wrong in my eyes. J.D. has a part of my soul that nobody will ever have and I’ll protect him until the day I die,”Lindsay toldDayton Daily News. “Whenever things were falling apart, my first thought was always him.”

Regarding the online criticism, she added, “You want to shout from the rooftops, ‘How dare you? Let me tell you about J.D.’ What makes him or makes him not a hillbilly? That’s something Mamaw used to say to describe her or her family … hill people or hillbillies. What the title of the book means is that he’s telling the story of his people. His hillbillies were Mamaw and Papaw.”

She’s an aunt

In addition to being a big sister to Vance, she is an aunt tohis three children. Vance and his wifeUshahave two sons, Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter named Mirabel.

source: people.com