As I mentioned above, Megyn Kelly’s next big ionterview is with J.D. Vance the author of Hillbilly Elegy. I was just doing a little reading and this is article sure makes some things clear about Vance.

Here is the part I found interesting when you consider this book is seen as a political work and tries to explain the thinking in Appalachia.

The Guardian - Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance on Barack Obama: ‘We dislike the things we envy’

The book finishes before it can tell the next chapter of Vance’s life: his relocation to Silicon Valley and his move, around April of last year, from the biotech firm to Mithril Capital, the venture capitalist firm founded by controversial billionaire Peter Thiel.

I ask Vance how he got the job. He says he met Thiel during a talk the tech entrepreneur gave at Yale and emailed him years later asking for work. “It was that simple,” he says.

Thiel has become a pariah in liberal Silicon Valley after backing Trump and aiding his presidential transition. Vance, who did not vote for Trump, says he’s never had a meaningful discussion with his boss about the incoming president. He insists Thiel’s reputation is unfounded, claiming he is “super thoughtful and incredibly nice”.

His view on the Bay Area is more conflicted, confessing that the unflinching optimism he sees around him can be “weird”. “This boom is just going to keep on going,” he says, recounting typical San Francisco conversations. “My life is great, my family is great, my job is great, my house is great.”

Hmmmm.