'Hillbilly Elegy' Author J.D. Vance Will Not Run For Ohio Senate Seat

[DonViejo]

By Nicole Lafond | January 19, 2018 11:33 am

Despite gaining a reported backing from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance will not challenge Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in November, according to a statement he posted on Twitter Friday.

Citing his “young family” and professional ventures as rationale, Vance thanked everyone who “encouraged” him to jump into the race.

“I thought seriously about running in August 2017, but decided that the timing was awful for my young family,” he said in the statement. “Some things have changed since then, but not enough to make running a good idea.”

Link to tweet

The speculation over Vance’s potential bid began after the state’s Republican treasurer Josh Mandel dropped out of the race in October, due to his wife’s health issues.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. Translation: Run now? As a Repub?

No fucking way!

[LisaM]

2. Good.

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That guy rubs me the wrong way.

[DonCoquixote]

3. another author of the "you have to understand us rednecks" books

The ones that pretend to redress wrong, but will defend defend defend every racial slur and lynching there is. He and Joe Bagant should go cook Meth in Hell.