JD Vance proclaims Hillbilly Elegy sequel e book in $8 million deal | Books | Entertainment | EUROtoday

JD Vance went from relative obscurity when his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, turned a bestseller.

The e book lined rising up within the Appalachian Mountains with household drug habit, socioeconomic issues and defined Donald Trump’s rise in recognition with white, working-class voters.

Adapted right into a 2020 Ron Howard Netflix film starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close as his mom and grandmother, the latter was concurrently Oscar-nominated and Razzie-nominated for her function.

A former Never-Trumper on the time of writing, Vance later modified his thoughts concerning the forty fifth president and have become an Ohio Senator in 2022.

It wasn’t lengthy earlier than he brazenly endorsed Trump and was chosen to be his VP operating mate within the 2024 election to turn into the forty seventh president.

All the way in which again in 2017, a 12 months after Hillbilly Elegy’s publication, Vance signed an $8 million deal for a sequel. And now the US Vice President and 2028 Republican presidential candidate hopeful has introduced the title, synopsis and launch date by way of his social media. The e book known as Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, and follows his journey from an evangelical Baptist upbringing, by way of a spout of atheism, to his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Vance wrote on his Instagram: “I’ve been writing this book for a long time, and I’m honoured to finally be able to share the full story with you all. Communion is about my personal journey and how I found my way back to faith.”

Perhaps this e book will get a big-screen adaptation, too. If so, we’d guess over at Angel Studios, given it is a faith-based story.

The e book’s official synopsis reads: “From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy—an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith. Communion is a spiritual exploration of what it means to be a Christian in all the seasons of life JD Vance has experienced—as a child, a young man, a husband, a father, and a leader. Picking up in some ways where Hillbilly Elegy left off, Communion recounts how Vance’s pursuit of material privileges ultimately led him into a secular wilderness. Communion reveals how Vance regained his faith and discusses his conversion to Catholicism, how his faith guides his work in public life, and how it shapes his thoughts about the future.”

Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance is printed on June 16, 2026.