The problem of JD Vance

(FIRST OF TWO PARTS): Who is he, what does he believe, and why are his (current) politics so far out of step with his life?

PART ONE OF TWO

I wish I liked JD Vance.

He’s an American success story. He survived a broken home, served in Iraq, went to college and a top law school. He headed to Silicon Valley, impressed the tech elite. With their backing, he won a Senate seat. He married a smart, beautiful woman and built a family.

Along the way he wrote a best-selling book that dra…