In November 2012, following President Barack Obama's reelection, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, criticized the Republican Party's stance on migrants and minorities. He accused the Party of being openly hostile to non-whites and alienating Blacks, Latinos, and the youth.
Four years later, as Vance contemplated a career in Republican politics, he asked a former college professor, Brad Nelson, to delete the critical article. Nelson, who had taught Vance at Ohio State University, had invited Vance to contribute to a blog for the nonpartisan Center for World Conflict and Peace after his graduation.
