Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is not a typical Republican in the corporate-friendly international interventionist mold that has dominated the party for the last several decades. Since he ventured into the political arena two years ago with a successful bid to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate, Vance has effectively and conscientiously challenged a number of long-standing orthodoxies within the Republican Party.

The rise of Vance has alarmed the old guard of the GOP, who correctly recognize that his ascendance has ensured that the populism espoused by President-elect Donald Trump will endure far beyond his upcoming four-year term in office.