The Hillbilly Elegy author once called Trump an ‘idiot’, and now the two are running mates – here’s what to knowJD Vance, a venture capitalist turned Ohio senator who rose to fame with his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, once described himself as a “never Trumper”, calling the then – candidate Donald Trump in 2016 an “idiot”, “cultural heroin” and a potential “American Hitler”.Now the two men are running mates – and the connection seems to be borne of personal affinity rather than cold political calculation. Continue reading…
The Hillbilly Elegy author once called Trump an ‘idiot’, and now the two are running mates – here’s what to know
JD Vance, a venture capitalist turned Ohio senator who rose to fame with his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, once described himself as a “never Trumper”, calling the then – candidate Donald Trump in 2016 an “idiot”, “cultural heroin” and a potential “American Hitler”.
Now the two men are running mates – and the connection seems to be borne of personal affinity rather than cold political calculation.
