‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author May Run for Office

J.D. Vance, the author of the bestselling Hillbilly Elegy, is returning home to Ohio to possibly run for office, the Washington Post reports.

Said Vance: “The book has given me a platform I frankly didn’t expect to have. The plan is to go all-in on Ohio. One of the things that concerns me is that so few people who go and get an education elsewhere … feel any real … pull for returning home.”

“He explains that the book mostly diagnosed the problem, and now he wants to pivot toward finding solutions. His initial emphasis will be on two broad issues: managing the opioid crisis and improving vocational education.”