From anti-Trump to vice-president nominee: JD Vance in his own words

Vance described Trump as cultural heroin' in 2016 before pivoting to endorse the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen

JD Vance has gone on a long journey from being a fervent critic of Donald Trump to his running mate and possible future US vice-president.

The author of Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir of his upbringing among the left-behind white working class of Ohio, was viewed as having a unique insight into the Trump voter base after the 2016 election. The book described the future president as cultural heroin" and someone leading the white working class to a very dark place".