‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author Joins GOP Race for Ohio Senate Seat
- JD Vance, a venture capitalist, is one of many candidates
- Candidates are battling to win over Trump supporters in Ohio
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JD Vance, the bestselling author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” joined the crowded Republican field in Ohio to replace retiring Senator Rob Portman in a key 2022 midterm race, saying the country needs “a new politics for a new generation.”
Vance, who grew up in poverty but went on to Yale Law School and a career as a venture capitalist, said he would be a “smart” fighter for causes such as breaking up big technology monopolies, raising taxes on companies that shift jobs overseas to the detriment of middle-class workers and opposing “woke” initiatives such as critical race theory.