 You can help me govern. You can help me win. That's Fox News Kristen Goodwin reporting. So who exactly is J.D. Vance? And we get more on his background from Fox News reporter Gerdahl Scott. J.D. Vance hasn't always been a fan of former President Trump. At one time describing himself as a never Trump guy. He now says the Trump presidential years changed his outlook. The novel Hillbilly Elegy made into a movie is about Vance's life and served to introduce Vance to the Trump family.