George Packer

You make the point to say the problem with Vance is a question about his character. I'm just wondering what makes the way Vance has moved over the last two decades maybe different than your average politician who kind of moves through different worlds and is different depending on the environment and the circumstance.

Going back to his time in the military, he went there as an idealist. What did he witness or experience during that tour, which was it was around 2006 that kind of shifted his perspective about war?

Going back to his time in the military, he went there as an idealist. What did he witness or experience during that tour, which was it was around 2006 that kind of shifted his perspective about war?

Going back to his time in the military, he went there as an idealist. What did he witness or experience during that tour, which was it was around 2006 that kind of shifted his perspective about war?

You track his skepticism and also kind of a cycling through a range of belief systems around that time period and identities in his 20s, which like many of us do as we're trying to find ourselves. But what stands out to you the most about that evolution during that time period? What makes this more than a young man simply trying to find himself?

You track his skepticism and also kind of a cycling through a range of belief systems around that time period and identities in his 20s, which like many of us do as we're trying to find ourselves. But what stands out to you the most about that evolution during that time period? What makes this more than a young man simply trying to find himself?

You track his skepticism and also kind of a cycling through a range of belief systems around that time period and identities in his 20s, which like many of us do as we're trying to find ourselves. But what stands out to you the most about that evolution during that time period? What makes this more than a young man simply trying to find himself?

Did you find or learn from anyone you talked to any contradictions between the man that he describes himself as in Hillbilly Elegy and some of the realities that people responded to once that book came out?

Did you find or learn from anyone you talked to any contradictions between the man that he describes himself as in Hillbilly Elegy and some of the realities that people responded to once that book came out?

Did you find or learn from anyone you talked to any contradictions between the man that he describes himself as in Hillbilly Elegy and some of the realities that people responded to once that book came out?

As you mentioned, J.D. Vance went to Ohio State University. He went on to Yale Law School. That time at Yale was a transformative time. He arrived there and made friends very quickly, was very popular, as you stated, He also met his wife, who is now the second lady, whom he called his life coach. Can you remind us of her background and how she helped him navigate that world?

As you mentioned, J.D. Vance went to Ohio State University. He went on to Yale Law School. That time at Yale was a transformative time. He arrived there and made friends very quickly, was very popular, as you stated, He also met his wife, who is now the second lady, whom he called his life coach. Can you remind us of her background and how she helped him navigate that world?

As you mentioned, J.D. Vance went to Ohio State University. He went on to Yale Law School. That time at Yale was a transformative time. He arrived there and made friends very quickly, was very popular, as you stated, He also met his wife, who is now the second lady, whom he called his life coach. Can you remind us of her background and how she helped him navigate that world?

Were there really basic things that she taught him about moving through the world?

Were there really basic things that she taught him about moving through the world?

Were there really basic things that she taught him about moving through the world?

George, has Vance ever talked about or written about maybe the moral or emotional cost to that kind of class mobility he experienced at Yale. I mean, he basically, which millions of people do, assimilated in order to be a part of that class of people. Because we see what he gained, access to the people in power and elite education, but what did it require him to shed?

George, has Vance ever talked about or written about maybe the moral or emotional cost to that kind of class mobility he experienced at Yale. I mean, he basically, which millions of people do, assimilated in order to be a part of that class of people. Because we see what he gained, access to the people in power and elite education, but what did it require him to shed?

George, has Vance ever talked about or written about maybe the moral or emotional cost to that kind of class mobility he experienced at Yale. I mean, he basically, which millions of people do, assimilated in order to be a part of that class of people. Because we see what he gained, access to the people in power and elite education, but what did it require him to shed?

Can you explain really briefly, we know that Peter Thiel is a billionaire, but can you explain why he's so influential?