JD Vance: six takeaways from Trump’s pick of the Ohio senator as running mate
by Robert Tait from US news | The Guardian on (#6P7YS)
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.
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