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Birth

Hi there,

According to https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republicans-vice-president-vance-name-359c3d1361c94f5d2d1e9798b7854477

“He was born James Donald Bowman in Middletown, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 1984, his middle and last names the same as his biological father, Donald Bowman. His parents split up “around the time I started walking,” he writes. When he was about 6, his mother, Beverly, married for the third time. He was adopted by his new stepfather, Robert Hamel, and his mother renamed him James David Hamel.

When his mother erased Donald Bowman from his and her lives, the adoption process also erased the name James Donald Bowman from the public record. The only birth certificate for Vance on file at Ohio’s vital statistics office reads James David Hamel, according to information provided by the state.”

According to Wikipedia, here is his birth certificate:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._D._Vance_Birth_Certificate.jpg

It seems that he actually was not born with the surname “Bowman” but already as “Hamel”?

(And not as James Donald but already as “James David”?)

And that her mother was already married to Robert Hamel when he was born, according to this birth certificate?

Best regards, XHML (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should the page be moved to "J. D. Vance"?

I feel like the current title is a bit informal and changing it to "J. D. Vance" or something similar would not only look better but would also be more consistent with other Wikipedia articles using this name format. I thought it would be a good idea to discuss the idea before making a formal move request, though. Any thoughts? TypoEater (talk) 14:53, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This topic was hashed out at length in July. See the page move discussion. Carguychris (talk) 15:01, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]