Peter Thiel, prominent venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder, made 2024 GOP vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance (R-OH) “wealthy, setting him up to invest in companies that became popular with the MAGA set,” according to the Washington Post, and ultimately making way for the lawmaker’s “entry into politics, bankrolling, alongside other Silicon Valley donors, his successful bid for the U.S. Senate in 2022.” Three people familiar with Thiel’s involvement with ushering Vance to the top of the Republican Party told the Post that Donald Trump “fielded repeated calls from tech entrepreneur …