Tanya Mosley

Yeah. So, Tanya, it came out in the summer of 2016. And at the beginning, like many memoirs by completely unknown writers, it went nowhere. And then through an interview and then maybe another interview, it began to catch on with certain readers. And then on election night— 2016.

Yeah. So, Tanya, it came out in the summer of 2016. And at the beginning, like many memoirs by completely unknown writers, it went nowhere. And then through an interview and then maybe another interview, it began to catch on with certain readers. And then on election night— 2016.

Vance is in a studio of Yahoo News, not the prime place to be, but he's already become kind of an informant on the world of Trump voters. And suddenly Trump is winning.

Vance is in a studio of Yahoo News, not the prime place to be, but he's already become kind of an informant on the world of Trump voters. And suddenly Trump is winning.

Vance is in a studio of Yahoo News, not the prime place to be, but he's already become kind of an informant on the world of Trump voters. And suddenly Trump is winning.

Exactly. The interviewers assume that that the people Vance grew up with are Trump voters. And that's actually a fair assumption. And so they want him. There are not that many people at that point who can be considered what anthropologists call native informants, people who can speak from their own authentic experience about a whole tribe.

Exactly. The interviewers assume that that the people Vance grew up with are Trump voters. And that's actually a fair assumption. And so they want him. There are not that many people at that point who can be considered what anthropologists call native informants, people who can speak from their own authentic experience about a whole tribe.

Exactly. The interviewers assume that that the people Vance grew up with are Trump voters. And that's actually a fair assumption. And so they want him. There are not that many people at that point who can be considered what anthropologists call native informants, people who can speak from their own authentic experience about a whole tribe.

And suddenly he's in demand because this tribe seems to have come out of nowhere to elect Donald Trump. And that night, ABC News says, we need J.D. Vance to explain this. So they pull him into their main studio and George Stephanopoulos is sort of almost begging him to explain them. What do they want? Why are they voting for him? And Vance is sort of careful not to say too much.

And suddenly he's in demand because this tribe seems to have come out of nowhere to elect Donald Trump. And that night, ABC News says, we need J.D. Vance to explain this. So they pull him into their main studio and George Stephanopoulos is sort of almost begging him to explain them. What do they want? Why are they voting for him? And Vance is sort of careful not to say too much.

And suddenly he's in demand because this tribe seems to have come out of nowhere to elect Donald Trump. And that night, ABC News says, we need J.D. Vance to explain this. So they pull him into their main studio and George Stephanopoulos is sort of almost begging him to explain them. What do they want? Why are they voting for him? And Vance is sort of careful not to say too much.

But so suddenly he is one of the most visible people. Not on behalf of Trump because, interestingly, he himself despised Trump at that point. He wrote in The Atlantic, my magazine, that Trump was cultural heroin, this irresistibly addictive drug. drug that would end up destroying his people, Vance's people.

But so suddenly he is one of the most visible people. Not on behalf of Trump because, interestingly, he himself despised Trump at that point. He wrote in The Atlantic, my magazine, that Trump was cultural heroin, this irresistibly addictive drug. drug that would end up destroying his people, Vance's people.

But so suddenly he is one of the most visible people. Not on behalf of Trump because, interestingly, he himself despised Trump at that point. He wrote in The Atlantic, my magazine, that Trump was cultural heroin, this irresistibly addictive drug. drug that would end up destroying his people, Vance's people.

He thought Trump was despicable, was – his moral values were wretched and he was offering – he was a con man. He was offering a con to the people Vance had grown up with that would end up betraying them.

He thought Trump was despicable, was – his moral values were wretched and he was offering – he was a con man. He was offering a con to the people Vance had grown up with that would end up betraying them.

He thought Trump was despicable, was – his moral values were wretched and he was offering – he was a con man. He was offering a con to the people Vance had grown up with that would end up betraying them.

Well, I think the biggest change was that Trump won the election. And if you are a young, ambitious, would-be politician, which most of the people around him assumed he would become, and you're a Republican, that's a problem. And I think that clip you played from the University of Chicago was crucial because that's very early. It's, I think, February of 2017. Trump has just become president.

Well, I think the biggest change was that Trump won the election. And if you are a young, ambitious, would-be politician, which most of the people around him assumed he would become, and you're a Republican, that's a problem. And I think that clip you played from the University of Chicago was crucial because that's very early. It's, I think, February of 2017. Trump has just become president.

Well, I think the biggest change was that Trump won the election. And if you are a young, ambitious, would-be politician, which most of the people around him assumed he would become, and you're a Republican, that's a problem. And I think that clip you played from the University of Chicago was crucial because that's very early. It's, I think, February of 2017. Trump has just become president.