“Hacks” Stand-up Comic Deborah Vance Sets the Record Straight on Her Namesake JD Vance: A Q&A
by Debbie L. Miller
Q: So, are you and JD Vance related?
A: Good God, people keep asking me that, just because we have the same last name! Look, I don’t recall sleeping with a Kentucky backwoodsman 40 years ago, but I’ve had sex with a LOT of men, so I suppose anything’s possible. I’ve been pretty busy and could have blocked out having a son.
Q: Where did JD really grow up, then?
A: He grew up in Southern Ohio, where his role models were Li’l Abner and Snuffy Smith. Oh, come on! You know you were thinking it! In that part of the country, men are men, and dogs are nervous, if you know what I mean.
Q: So, it’s dogs for JD, right?
A: All the way! We know what he thinks about cats and the unmarried women who own them. He’s a dawg person through and through. I hear he’s got a Blue Tick Coonhound named Bubba he spends late-night couch cuddles with (yes, I said couch — he’s partial to sofas), with a carafe of Diet Mountain Dew and a pile of cheap cigars.
Q: Are your political views similar?
A: I’d rather have my gums scraped than talk politics. Basically, people assume I’m conservative, but compared to JD, I’m a…
