Earlier this summer President Donald Trump selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate in the ongoing race for President.  Vance, who grew up poor, from a broken home which included substance abuse and domestic violence, overcame a sense of hopelessness and despair to graduate from “The Ohio State University” and Yale Law School.  Immediately upon being selected as Trump’s Vice-Presidential running mate, he was attacked as weird.  His military service in a warzone, Iraq, was marginalized and held up for ridicule.  
J.D. Vance outlined his life’s experience in a book, Hillbilly Elegy, released 2016.  The book gives insight as to who J.D. Vance is and his experiences being poor and white in America.  Join me as I discuss the book and the inaccurate reporting that motivated me to read Vance’s book.