Journalist Christopher Caldwell joins The Spectator's Freddy Gray to discuss Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance. Once 'never Trump', now a close ally of the former president; what's was JD Vance's route into Trumpian politics? Freddy and Christopher also discuss Vance's background, his book Hillbilly Elegy, and why Vance can connect with the people left behind in America.

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