The vice president’s four years in the Marine Corps planted the seeds of his populism — and his pursuit of power.

We both have a joint concern about outcomes for working people. That is the truth.” And they bonded more recently, in May, when Vance and Lammy both attended Pope Leo’s inaugural Mass in Rome.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance kicks off a trip in the United Kingdom with a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday that will bring renewed scrutiny of Vance’s sharp criticism of ...