Before Donald Trump’s March 4 congressional speech, a lip reader claimed JD Vance made chilling comments in a private conversation.
Vance’s political shift has been dramatic. In 2016, the same year his book Hillbilly Elegy was released, he called Trump an “idiot,” comparing him to Nixon and even calling him “America’s Hitler.”
Vance later claimed his 2016 comments no longer reflected his views after they resurfaced in 2022.