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Aug 2024
1h 28m

What's Wrong with J.D. Vance?

Matthew Sitman
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Matt and Sam revisit Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir, to try to understand the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee. 
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