 which detailed his white working-class upbringing in Ohio and the hollowed-out Rust Belt that was beset by addiction, poverty, and despair. And he was someone who was critical of Donald Trump when he first ran for president, even calling him, quote, America's Hitler in messages with his law school roommate. But in Trump's world, it's not always about what you said then, it's what you do now. And Vance has been a vocal defender of Trump in his time in Congress, especially during Trump's criminal cases.