Beverly Aikins Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Nurse
Known for	Being the mother of J. D. Vance, the vice president of America
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Light Blonde
Personal Life
Date of Birth	20 January 1961 (Friday)
Age (as of 2025)	64 Years
Birthplace	Middletown, Ohio, United States
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Hometown	Ohio, United States
School	Middletown High School, Middletown, Ohio
College/University	Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
Educational Qualification	Graduation (1990)
Religion	Christianity
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Social Media	Facebook
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Divorced
Family
Husband/Spouse	• Donald Bowman (m. 1983 - died. 2023) • James David Hamel
Children	Son- J. D. Vance (vice president of America) (from Donald Bowman) Daughter- Lindsay Ratliff (from first marriage)
Parents	Father- Bonnie Vance Mother- James Vance
Siblings	Sister- Lori Meibers

Some Lesser Known Facts About Beverly Aikins

• When Beverly Aikins was 19 years old, she gave birth to her first child, Lindsay, in 1979 from her first marriage.

• After five years, her second child, J. D. Vance (Lindsay’s half-brother), was born.

• Her children grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and were protective of each other.

  

  An old picture of Beverly Aikins with J. D. Vance

• When J. D. Vance was six years old, she divorced her husband, Donald, who had left the family a few years earlier.

• Beverly Aikins told Vance about the divorce and said that he would never see his father again.

• After divorcing, she married a third man named Bob Hamel.

• Bob Hamel adopted her son, and his name was changed from James Donald Bowman to James David Hamel.

• Vance once joked in a media conversation that any name starting with D was fine, as long as it was not Donald (his biological father’s name).

• Beverly Aikins worked as a nurse and had access to prescription drugs at her job.

• Reportedly, her drug use got worse, and she started using heroin.

• Her sister, Lori Meibers, once stated in the media that Beverly’s addiction was the hardest time in her life. Lori added that addiction took something away from the whole family that could never be replaced.

• Beverly Aikins worked at National Labs in the United States from 21 May 2021 to September 2021.

• After that, she began working as a nurse at Seacrest Recovery Centre-Cincinnati in Ohio.

• In 2025, Beverly Aikins came into the limelight when her son’s book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ became popular.

  

  The cover of the book Hillbilly Elegy

• The book described his political career and was later adapted into a film, which starred actors Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

• Vance wrote that he would hide when his mother fought with her boyfriends. His childhood was aggressive. He wrote that when his mother cried in bed after a breakup, he felt the same kind of anger she had.

• J. D. Vance once shared in the media that his mother once threatened to kill them both while driving very fast.

• He said that he jumped out of the moving car, and the police came and arrested her. Vance felt relieved to see her taken away because he was scared and wanted to stay alive.

• After that, he was raised by his grandparents, James and Bonnie Vance, and they played a major role in bringing him up.

• In 2025, Beverly Aikins has been sober for 10 years.

• J. D. Vance stated in his vice-presidential campaign that his mother would officially reach 10 years of sobriety in January 2025, and joked about celebrating it at the White House with President Donald Trump’s permission.

• Aikins attended Donald Trump and her son J.D. Vance’s inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on 20 January 2025.

  

  Beverly Aikins with her son J.D. Vance’s inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in 2025

• Before the inauguration, she felt like she had a heart attack, but later learned that it was Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, which was caused by a hiatal hernia. Her recovery was slow, but she attended J. D. Vance’s big day.