📚 4 Books mentioned in "Trump Picks Vance For VP, and Biden Refuses to Lower Temperature, w/ Charlie Kirk, Gidley, & Plouffe" of The Megyn Kelly Show

Now, I first met JD back in 2017, about a year after his book Hillbilly Elegy became a New York Times bestseller. The book dropped in the middle of the 2016 election cycle.

In this segment, host Megyn Kelly reflects on her first meeting with JD Vance in 2017, shortly after his book 'Hillbilly Elegy' had achieved bestseller status on the New York Times list, which contributed to discussions around the 2016 election.

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JD watched as the jobs dried up and the basketball courts grew covered with weeds. "My home," he writes in Hillbilly Elegy, "was a hub of misery."

In this segment, Megyn Kelly quotes a powerful line from J.D. Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegy, reflecting on the struggles of his childhood and the despair in his hometown.

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She was so iconic that Ron Howard made her character the star of his movie based on JD's book; she was played by Glenn Close.

Megyn Kelly refers to a character from a movie directed by Ron Howard, which was adapted from JD Vance's book 'Hillbilly Elegy.' She highlights how iconic the character was and notes that Glenn Close played this role.

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I guarantee you that Megyn, Mama will be mentioned in the vice presidential acceptance speech. He dedicated his book to her.

During the conversation, Charlie Kirk highlights that J.D. Vance dedicated his book to his grandmother, implying the significance of her role in his life and the connection to his work, which is identified as 'Hillbilly Elegy'.

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