The book covers the difficulties of the vice presidential candidate’s family life and upbringing.
A movie version of “Hillbilly Elegy” was released in 2020.
Vance executive produced the movie.

“To be honest, I was surprised,” Howard said.
To me, he struck me as a very moderate center-right kind of guy."
Reportedly, Vance told Howard that in the future he’d possibly run for office.

“Someday came a little sooner than any of us expected,” Howard told the outlet.
It’s not really about a movie made five or six years ago.
In another TIFF 2024 interview withVariety, Howard expressed similar feelings about Vance and the importance of voting.
In a January 2020 post on X, formerly known asTwitter, Howard didn’t hold back.