Republican Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance Quietly Signed $8 Million Deal For 'Hillbilly Elegy' Follow Up

JD Vance has another book in the works! The 40-year-old Republican Vice Presidential candidate, who is of course Donald Trump ‘s running mate, released the book, “ Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ,” back in 2016 and he reportedly quietly signed a multi-million deal years ago for a follow up, according to Variety . Keep reading to find out more..

. His first book is about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic issues of his home town in Middletown, Ohio. The year after it was released, his agent at the time reportedly negotiated an $8 million deal for him to pen a follow up book.

Just last year, JD Vance made less than $50,000 in royalties from the book, but with his rise in status as the VP candidate on the Republican ticket, that number is sure to go way up this year. The publisher, HarperCollins, has recently noted that the book sold 650,000 copies in the first few days since he was announced as Trump ‘s running mate. If you didn’t know, the book also spawned the Netflix movie Hillbilly Elegy , which released in 2020.

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