Donald Trump’s newly-announced running mate J.D. Vance is facing allegations of hypocrisy for having changed his own name—but opposing rights for transgender people.
The Ohio senator and Hillbilly Elegy author has been consistently conservative on transgender issues, including introducing a bill which would remove “X” as an option on passports’ gender identity section and an attempt to criminalize providing hormones or gender-affirming surgery to minors.
But critics highlighted a little-known part of his biography: that Vance chose to change his surname while at Yale University, which they said made his opposition to allowing minors to transition a double standard.
