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Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, and Sofia Nelson, his transgender classmate at Yale Law School, forged a bond that lasted a decade. In 2021, Mr. Vance’s support for an Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors led to their falling out.

Sofia Nelson, now a public defender in Detroit, discussed Mr. Vance’s pivot, politically and personally, with The Times.

Background reading:

JD Vance, an unlikely friendship, and how it ended.
Nelson shared with The Times about 90 emails and text messages with Mr. Vance. Her

She Used to Be Friends With JD Vance

The Daily