BREAKING: JD Vance Privately Advised Hillary Clinton's Campaign in 2016
Published: September 16, 2026
Duration: 7:27
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Sam Stein is joined by Chris Whipple, who wrote in Vanity Fair about the remarkable political transformation of J.D. Vance, from a young Trump critic at Yale Law School to Trump’s vice president and a potential MAGA successor. They dig into Vance’s behind-the-scenes efforts in 2016 to help Hillary Clinton defeat Trump and examine what drove his dramatic reversal. Was Vance always destined for MAGA, or did something change along the way?Plus, Chris shares what Susie Wiles told him...