After the divorce, Vance took the name of his mother’s third husband Bob Hamel, and his middle name was changed to David – that of one of his uncles – preserving his childhood nickname JD.

Cory Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, says he was inspired to enter the race after his half-brother’s inauguration. A ...

Donald Bowman died in 2023. Aikins remarried and changed Vance's name from James Donald Bowman to James David Hamel. Vance later took his grandfather's last name.

Vance's journey from a troubled childhood ... When J.D. was six years old, Beverly’s third husband, Bob Hamel, adopted him. At that point, his name was legally changed from James Donald Bowman ...

He talked about a revolving door of father figures. Following the divorce, Vance adopted the last name of Bob Hamel, the third husband of his mother, and changed his middle name to David ...