{"id":2475509,"date":"2025-08-16T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-howard-who-directed-j-d-vances-biopic-reveals-what-he-told-vp-after-election\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:30:02","slug":"ron-howard-who-directed-j-d-vances-biopic-reveals-what-he-told-vp-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-howard-who-directed-j-d-vances-biopic-reveals-what-he-told-vp-after-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Howard \u2014 Who Directed J.D. Vance&#8217;s Biopic \u2014 Reveals What He Told VP After Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-howard-who-directed-j-d-vances-biopic-reveals-what-he-told-vp-after-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Filmmaker Ron Howard revealed in a recent interview that after the 2024 election, he sent a text message to Vice President J.D. Vance wishing him &#8220;Godspeed&#8221; and hoping he would serve well. Howard had worked closely with Vance during the making of the 2020 biopic *Hillbilly Elegy*, which portrayed Vance&#8217;s challenging upbringing. At that time,Howard said their conversations focused mainly on Vance&#8217;s personal story rather than politics,and he did not anticipate Vance&#8217;s current political direction.<\/p>\n<p>Howard expressed surprise and disappointment at the divisive rhetoric Vance has adopted since then. He acknowledged that while he respects what he observed personally, the political evolution and messaging from Vance have been unexpected. Vance,who once identified as a &#8220;Never Trump&#8221; critic,has as become the Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a> alongside Donald Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The movie *Hillbilly Elegy* is based on Vance&#8217;s 2016 memoir, and prior to his Senate election in 2022, Vance worked as a venture capitalist. Howard&#8217;s reflections highlight a contrast between the individual portrayed in the film and Vance&#8217;s more recent political persona.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview published Wednesday, filmmaker Ron Howard revealed what he had texted Vice President J.D. Vance in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did one text, after the election, which was just sort of &lsquo;Godspeed. Try to serve us well,&rsquo;&rdquo; Howard told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/ron-howard-in-conversation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daughters-weird-preschool-moment-caused-ron-howard-flee-hollywood-refuse-return-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Howard<\/a> had worked closely with Vance during the filming of &ldquo;Hillbilly Elegy,&rdquo; a biopic released in 2020 about Vance&rsquo;s troubled upbringing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lsquo;Eden&rsquo; Director Ron Howard has worked with everyone from Bette Davis to J.D. Vance. He has stories about all of them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPV8G4QzRE\">https:\/\/t.co\/UPV8G4QzRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Magazine (@NYMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYMag\/status\/1955588864959279335?\">August 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  While working with Vance prior to 2020, Howard hadn&rsquo;t anticipated the man would follow the political path that he did, he told Deadline in a September <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/09\/ron-howard-totonro-film-festival-eden-sydney-sweeney-viggo-mortensen-thirteen-lives-jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-1236080950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we didn&rsquo;t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his upbringing and that survival tale. That&rsquo;s what we mostly focused on,&rdquo; Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, based on the conversations that we had during that time, I just have to say I&rsquo;m very surprised and disappointed by much of the rhetoric that I&rsquo;m reading and hearing,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was at one point critical of President Donald Trump, even describing himself as a &ldquo;Never Trump guy&rdquo; during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aVS9cgaE37c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 interview<\/a> with Charlie Rose.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Vulture, Howard was asked if he could &ldquo;reconcile&rdquo; the Vance portrayed in the movie with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comment-jd-vance-interview-confirms-lot-russiagate-indictments-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> of today.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Am I able to reconcile? Well, it&rsquo;s happened, so I know what I&rsquo;ve observed. It remains a bit of a surprise to me,&rdquo; Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would not have seen it coming, and I wouldn&rsquo;t have expected his rhetoric to be as divisive as it sometimes is. By the way, I&rsquo;m not following him or listening to every word,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you haven&rsquo;t watched Ron Howard&rsquo;s Hillbilly Elegy yet, check it out. Regardless of which side you&rsquo;re on, it&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >great feel good movie<\/a>. Amy Adams and Glenn Close are on point!<\/p>\n<p>Trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qjoKccerrm\">pic.twitter.com\/qjoKccerrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UseC&#11093;&#65039;mmonSense (@UseCommonSenses) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UseCommonSenses\/status\/1882498746505990205?\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The movie &ldquo;Hillbilly Elegy&rdquo; was based on Vance&rsquo;s 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture\/dp\/0062300547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memoir<\/a> of the same name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When JD Vance Promoted His Book &lsquo;Hillbilly Elegy&rsquo; In 2017 NBC Interview <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QdE1sEubhu\">pic.twitter.com\/QdE1sEubhu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Slingshot News (@NewsSlingshot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsSlingshot\/status\/1828136314673455384?\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vance was elected to the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vances-half-brother-successful-ohio-primary-election-getting-boost-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being elected, Vance worked as a venture capitalist.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Trump asked him to to serve as the vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just overwhelmed with gratitude,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1813062451853738415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance wrote<\/a> on July 16, 2024, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What an honor it is to run alongside President Donald J. Trump. He delivered peace and prosperity once, and with your help, he&rsquo;ll do it again. 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