His birth name was James Donald Bowman. He was later adopted and renamed James David Hamel (and his birth certificate was updated to reflect this). He didn't take the name Vance until 2013.

Do you know when the first Medal of Honor was awarded to a Black servicemember for heroism in World War II?

1997, after a 1993 study investigated racial disparities in the awarding of medals. It's as if having the first Democratic administration in 12 years led to changes....

An event notable for making the saying "couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery in Dublin" a literal truth.

Nice, @theo.io made exactly what I was looking for. It works perfectly, found a ton of Bluesky people I didn't know were here!

That photo is old enough to run for a House seat (and would do a better job than several current Reps I could name).