# Five things to know about J.D. Vance’s ties to tech billionaires

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/five-things-to-know-about-j-d-vances-ties-to-tech-billionaires/
- Published: 2024-07-19T09:45:33-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Silicon Valley facing southward towards Downtown San Jose on June 1, 2014. Photo credit: Coolcaesar via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. Article by Bobby Allyn. NPR – July 17, 2024. While Ohio Senator J.D. Vance’s Appalachian roots are well-known, thanks to his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” another aspect of Vance’s background is now gaining attention: His connection to prominent Silicon Valley billionaires. Vance’s 2016 book about the struggles of his childhood was published right around the time he began to quietly cement his ties to a cadre of mega-wealthy tech powerbrokers […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org