Profile: Who is JD Vance?
Americast is profiling the four candidates in the race to become the next President and Vice President of the United States. How did JD Vance, whose memoir \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d about growing up in Ohio amidst alcoholism and drug addiction, become Trump\u2019s VP pick for the White House? Once a fierce critic of Trump, publicly declaring himself a \u201cnever Trumper\u201d, Anthony looks into what JD Vance stands for, and why he changed his mind about the former President. We also find out which song makes him cry, and how Tolkien\u2019s Lord of the Rings influenced his career.
HOST:\n\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUESTS:\nSimon Van Zuylen-Wood, staff writer at New York Magazine\nIan Ward, reporter at Politico
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