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J.D. Vance's books and book recommendations
Across 2 podcasts. Every show J.D. Vance appears on, in one place — not just one.
J.D. Vance is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the state of Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025. During podcast appearances, Vance has discussed several books connected to his life and writing. When speaking on The Megyn Kelly Show, Vance brought up the book A Child Called It by David J. Pelzer to contrast his own childhood experiences with a severe case of maternal abuse involving a psychopathic mother. Furthermore, while appearing on The Rubin Report, Vance discussed his own memoir Hillbilly Elegy. He referenced his unconventional grandmother from the book and also addressed the public's political interpretation of his work, noting that he found the reaction a little weird because the text does not mention political figures like Clinton or Trump and is not traditionally a political book, though he understood why readers tried to find political insight in it.
Books by J.D. Vance
Books recommended by J.D. Vance
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A Child Called It
Discussed“and I try to you know there's there's this book that I read when I was a teenager I think it's called a child called it and you may have read this book but it's about I think a truly sort of Psychopathic almost torturing mother in the way that she treated her kid”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“She was, as you know, Dave, 'cause you read the book, but she was not a traditional grandmother in a lot of ways.”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Vance on Trump, Addiction, and Family | November 2020 Re-Release | The Megyn Kelly Show | 2024-07-21 | 1 |
| How the Working Class are Remaking the Republican Party | J.D. Vance Interview | The Rubin Report | 2021-07-11 | 2 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I picked this up—this is actually when we became friends initially—we were at some massive bankers conference, and I had just written “Hillbilly Elegy.” I feel dirty thinking about it, yeah.”
“Well, here's what we had put it is, and I picked this up, this is actually when we became friends initially, right, is we were at some like massive bankers' conference, and I had just written Hillbilly Elegy.”