Former President Trump namedJ.D.
Vance, the junior senator for Ohio, as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
In a 2020 interview, Close told EW that she consulted with Vance to shape her performance.
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty
“Talking with the real J.D.
was crucial,” she said.
He beat Democrat Tim Ryan in the general election, and was sworn in Jan. 3, 2023.
Gabriel Basso as J.D. Vance in ‘Hillbilly Elegy’.Everett
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Vanceinitially criticized Trump policies, calling the then-candidate"cultural heroin"in a 2016 opinion piece forThe Atlantic.
In a2017 op-ed piece in theNew York Times, Vance praised Barack Obama.
Glenn Close and Amy Adams in ‘Hillbilly Elegy’.Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX
“For that, I’ll miss him, and the example he set.”
“That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
