Vance, who was the longest consecutively serving member on Milledgeville City Council with 28 years of service to the residents of District 4.

Vance came to Milledgeville as an English major at Georgia College in 1976.

The 67-year-old Vance, who lives in Milledgeville, with his wife, Carol. The couple have been married 39 years have a son and a daughter. He has served as executive director of the Georgia Peace Officer's Standards and Training Council (P.O.S.T.) for 13 years. He served under former Gov. Sonny Perdue, Gov. Nathan Deal, and for a short time under Gov. Brian Kemp before he left that office in April 2019.

A former deputy sheriff with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, and currently a District 4 member of the Georgia Military College Board of Trustees, Vance also serves as director of safety with the Putnam County Charter School System in Eatonton.