'Hillbilly Elegy' Director Ron Howard Turns on JD Vance: 'Surprised and Disappointed'

By: David Ng · David Ng

Ron Howard made JD Vance's bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" into a major Hollywood movie four years ago. Now the filmmaker has publicly turned on the GOP vice presidential candidate, saying he is "surprised and disappointed" by the "rhetoric that I'm reading and hearing."