JD Vance, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author On Running For Office | TODAY

In an interview airing this week on “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” Kelly sits down with author JD Vance, whose memoir “Hilbilly Elgey” about his painful upbringing has become a best-seller. He discussed his tumultuous childhood, his work to end the opioid crisis in his home state of Ohio and the possibility that he may run for office one day. “I’m very flattered when people ask me,” he told Megyn Kelly.

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JD Vance, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author On Running For Office | TODAY

[_morya]

Well, this aged well, bro's the vice president now

[morganstubie]

I read this book when it came out. I loved it!!!! My family (half of it) is partially hillbilly, and I went off to get my Masters degree in Europe, so this book was Now, jeeeez, he’s running for VP!??? Wow!!! I would have never imagined!🤩

[wadeunderhile]

Our whole life is how we deal with what was dealt to us as kids. Good or bad we are what we are based on how we deal . J D is an overcomer

[mdawgwhite]

Dude this guy is the epidemy of what it means to be an American. Why anyone or the media will now question his motive for running for office is disgusting and wrong.

[johnjackson]

JD's book and worldview changed my life. I have always been enraged by how people treat delinquent actors across the board. When I was in school getting all As there were several delinquent actors who were EXTREMELY disruptive, stole things, and got in fistfights. They are now in JAIL - rightfully so. I have several other family friends whose children were miserable. I don't agree that we should be unconditionally compassionate to those people. It is MASSIVELY unfair to all the rest of us who are trying so hard to live our lives the right way.
This is why distributive justice speaks to me.

JD Vance's moderate conservatism speaks to me as a liberal who has voted Democrat but believes in personal responsibility and HATES TRUMP. I believe very strongly in the power of education and how it can provide people with the opportunities for a better life in an otherwise harsh and disquitable United States. I feel for JD Vance's plight and am saddened that his sister did not call 9/11, sentence their mother to JAIL for a very long Singaporean-style prison sentence abuse for a very long period of time. I have a very hard time understanding why someone like that would make the personal choices that she made. I DID NOT do such a thing when my mother died at a young age.


I feel angry on behalf of JD's mother - she needs to do some atoning by being of service to him. SHE should not have done drugs. I came from my own set of disadvantaged circumstances - when I was 19 I was managing local political campaigns, when I was 21 I was leading staff for statewide political campaigns. I have drank alcohol in the past - and have members of my family who are alcoholics. When I drank I always made sure that I was comporting myself with both state and federal law and caused minimal inconsiderateness to people around me. When people told me that I needed to stop drinking in college because it was hurting my health and career prospect I rapidly stopped. I DID NOT have to stop. I could have kept drinking and ended up in rehab at best or jail at worst. I don't know why JD Vance's mother wouldn't do the same. As well, I DID NOT have children (and still do not have children because I do child planning). It is INTENSELY frustrating to see her conduct negatively effect JD. While I hope that JD forgives her, I believe that SHE needs to do the work to atone for her bad decisions!

If the government needs to create more schools and stronger academic opportunities we should! Several people here have commented that Appalachia has failing schools. As a future government worker, I support additional resources to low income neighborhoods so that ambitious students can graduate from a PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY!

[Garrus]

Here's a guy who has truly earned his life. I don't think he should run for office, though; political power ruins good people.

[leg]

Thoroughly enjoyed this film extremely moving. The critics need to remember it's a true life story!

[hardsam]

Cannot wait till the movie version comes out with Miss Close

[thomasmadigan]

And now he is the Vice President nominee!

[caseclosed]

Sad to see him now being ripped to shreds in the meat grinder of politics. He’s bright guy but all people see are fake stories about couches…

[GiratinasRisingRenegades]

Well, they should let him back onto TODAY show since he won tonight in Ohio!

[SteveinSanFrancisco]

J D... make more jokes about Alex Baldwin... You're hysterical 😒

[richinoable]

His perfidy to his own people in Ohio is too big to allow him to escape with the label of “opportunist, ” and yet the shabbiness and absurdity of his Senate campaign is too small to brand him a defector or a heretic.
His intentional distancing from his earlier views shows that he is fully cognizant of what a gigantic fraud he’s become.

[irrelevantideology]

Why do they have to mention race right off the bat? Good lord.

[Asiabrion]

Watching this video kind of resembles when News stations interview convicted serial killers on Death Row . Something makes me uncomfortable and is weird about JD. How can he write a book about being a Hillbilly over coming adversity but can’t order Donuts? If a PLANNED PUBLICITY STUNT made him malfunction like generic batteries dying in a cheap toy image him making major decisions to protect this country one the spot.

[Abr]

This inspired me to watch Cocaine Bear