Billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel played a pivotal role in launching J.D. Vance's venture capital career in 2016. Thiel, known for his influential presence in Silicon Valley ...

J.D. Vance was a VC—is a VC? I hedge here because, candidly, Vance’s track record as a venture capitalist just doesn’t strike me as all that deep—there’s nothing wrong with it, to be ...

Vance’s VC resume comprises three firms in six years, and his time at Mithril Capital coincided with the takeoff of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

J.D. Vance’s bona fides for a run to the U.S. Senate in 2022 largely rested on two things—the success of his Rust Belt memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which captured the plight of the white working ...

Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally in Delaware, Ohio in 2023. Vance has ties to tech billionaires who are endorsing his vice presidential ...

J.D. Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio and the author of the 2018 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” is Donald Trump’s pick for running mate. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...

Thiel’s venture capital firm had previously invested in one of Dr. Moll’s companies. Mr. Vance kept in touch with Mr. Thiel, who wrote a promotional blurb for Mr. Vance’s 2016 memoir ...

Billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel played a pivotal role in launching J.D. Vance's venture capital career in 2016. Thiel, known for his influential presence in Silicon Valley ...

J.D. Vance was a VC—is a VC? I hedge here because, candidly, Vance’s track record as a venture capitalist just doesn’t strike me as all that deep—there’s nothing wrong with it, to be sure.