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DETROIT (FOX 2) - A Michigan man with the same initials and first name as the Vice President of the United States has been convicted of threatening to kill the President, the Vice President, and one of the President's children.

James Donald Vance, Jr., 67, was sentenced on Monday to two years of federal prison time for posting threatening messages online against Vice President JD Vance , President Donald Trump , and one of Trump's children.

According to a release from the Department of Justice, Vance went by the alias ‘Diaperjdv’ on Bluesky and made specific threats against four different people. In one message, the DOJ said he did not care whether he was shot by the Secret Service or would spend the rest of his life in prison for his actions.

Vance pleaded guilty to

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