Hillbilly Elegy Director Ron Howard Shares Text He Sent JD Vance After Election

Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard shares text he sent JD Vance after election

‘The strategy he’s chosen to follow are not what I would’ve expected,’ filmmaker who unleashed Trump’s vice president upon the world said

'Hillbilly Elegy' Director Ron Howard: 'I Didn't Expect' JD Vance's 'Rhetoric to Be as Divisive as It Sometimes Is'

Ron Howard, who directed the film, "Hillbilly Elegy" -- based off Vice President JD Vance's 2016 memoir -- said he "wouldn't have expected" Vance's "rhetoric to be as divisive as it sometimes is," before admitting that he is actually not "listening to every word" the vice president says.

Ron Howard Gets Some Hate After Giving ‘Cowardly’ Responses To Questions About JD Vance

The filmmaker worked with the then-venture capitalist on 2020’s “Hillbilly Elegy.” The movie was adapted from Vance’s 2016 memoir of the same name.

Ron Howard Reveals the Text He Sent to JD Vance After the 2024 Presidential Election

Ron Howard famously worked with JD Vance when Howard adapted Vance's 2016 memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy' for a feature length filmDia Dipasupil/Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Ron Howard on May 28, 2025; JD Vance on July 17, 2024NEED TO KNOWRon Howard revealed that he sent U.S. Vice President JD Vance a text message following the 2024 presidential election in a new interview with VultureHoward directed an adaptation of Vance's 2016 memoir Hillbilly Eleg…