'Hillbilly Elegy' director Ron Howard 'very surprised and disappointed' by JD Vance's political rhetoric

"Hillbilly Elegy" director Ron Howard said he was "very surprised and disappointed" by GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s political rhetoric after not knowing about the candidate’s political beliefs.

The two-time Academy Award winner Howard recalled that he and Vance did not discuss politics during the development of the film.

"Well, we didn’t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his upbringing and that survival tale," Howard told Deadline...