Confusion with vector addition

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So while reading a solid-state physics book, I encountered the following (drift-diffusion equation):

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I know the divergence of a vector field produces a scalar field, and so the second equation is easy to understand. However, in the first equation the author is adding a vector to a scalar (no?). How does this come about? Am I missing something?

The definitions of the currents in the equation are as shown:

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