J.D. J.D. Vance is the nation's most trusted angry, white, rural translator. Since June, the book has been sold more than half a million times. Vance is a native of rural Ohio and a Yale School graduate. He has the book's highest-selling title. Vance has become a CNN commentator and a highly-respected speaker. He plans to return to Ohio after completing his time in SF as a principal in an investor firm. Astrid Riecken/Washington Post via GettyJ.D., author and venture capitalist Vance spoke Monday on Fox News about his deleted anti-Trump Tweets.Ohio Senate candidate for the seat of Senator said that he regretted criticizing the former President.Vance had previously visited Mar-a-Lago in order to get Trump's support during the highly competitive GOP primary.Subscribe to the 10 Things in Politics Newsletter for the latest news in politics and the economy. Loading something is currently loading. Click Sign up to receive marketing emails and other offers from Insider.J.D., the bestselling author of "Hillbilly Elegy", has been honored. Vance spoke on Fox News Monday about his anti-Trump history, reiterating his criticisms of the former president, as Republican hopefuls heat up for the open Ohio Senate seat.Vance announced that he would be running for the position of retiring Ohio Senator. Rob Portman was elected to the seat of Ohio senator last week. He launched a populist-nationalist campaign inspired by former President Donald Trump.The venture capitalist has the backing of conservative billionaire Peter Thiel, Fox News' Tucker Carlson. But he now faces his first major controversy after Andrew Kaczynski, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski, retrieved several tweets by Vance in which he criticised Trump.Vance visited Mar-a-Lago, Florida, to bid for Trump's primary endorsement. He called Trump's treatment of "Immigrants and Muslims" "reprehensible." In the deleted tweets from 2016. In the now-deleted tweets from 2016, he also stated that he would vote for Evan McMullin, not Trump.Vance spoke out about the tweets Monday for the first-time, telling Fox News' Alicia Acuna he regretted his previous stance.He said, "Like many people, I criticised Trump back in 2016." "And I ask people not to judge me on what I said back in 2016, because I have been very open about it. I regret those things, and I regret being wrong."Vance said, "I believe he was an excellent president." "I believe he made many good decisions for people and I think that he took a lot flak."Vance once said to Matt Lewis, Daily Best columnist, that Trump gives the white working class an excuse not to look inward and to not ask hard questions about their communities." Since he began exploring the possibility of running for Senate, Vance has made a public confession about his views on Trump.Vance stated Monday that he was subject to criticism for standing for Trump voters' beliefs and voting for them.Vance stated, "I believe that's the most important, not what you say five years ago," Vance added.Vance's enemies are already using the tweets unveiled as ammunition, a development he said Fox News was anticipating.Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio, is running for Portman’s Senate seat in 2022. He tweeted that he and Vance had "exactly one commonality" but neither one of them voted for Donald Trump.Numerous Republicans and Democrats have already entered Senate Primary and it is expected to be the most watched election cycle.
