TIERNAN SAID VANCE’S TIME WRITING ABOUT THE MARINE CORPS WAS WHERE HE “LEARNED THE ART” OF STORYTELLING, WHICH ENABLED TO TELL HIS FAMILY STORY IN HIS BESTSELLING MEMOIR, HIBILLY ELEGY. THE BOOK PROPELLED VANCE TO FAME AND SET HIM ON A PATH TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AS SENATOR OF OHIO, AND LATER TO THE REPUBLICAN TICKET AS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. TIERNAN, A PROGRESSIVE ACTIVIST WHO DISAGREES WITH VANCE POLITICALLY, WAS THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DEPLOYMENT AND THEY REMAIN FRIENDS TO THIS DAY. “I LOVE JD STILL. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE I SERVED WITH — BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE I WENT TO IRAQ WITH AND HAVE THOSE DEEP 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIPS [WITH] — I REALLY DO MY BEST NOT TO LET POLITICS GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,” HE SAID. “THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT I DON’T TRY TO INFLUENCE THE MAN, AND HE CERTAINLY TRIES TO INFLUENCE ME IN OUR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS.”; TIERNAN ADDED THAT ONE THING THEY DO AGREE ON IS “TRYING TO END WARS.”; “I THINK THAT HE’S IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO TRY TO DE-ESCALATE CONFLICTS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A PERSON SENT TO THE FRONT LINES, BE[ING] AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW THAT’S FAMILIAR. HIM NOT WANTING THAT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE — IT’S A REAL IMPORTANT VOICE TO HAVE IN POLITICS,” HE SAID.
![TRUMP 4 years no new wars worked for peace & now you know why they hate JD & why Trump picked him. | TIERNAN SAID VANCE’S TIME WRITING ABOUT THE MARINE CORPS WAS WHERE HE “LEARNED THE ART” OF STORYTELLING, WHICH ENABLED TO TELL HIS FAMILY STORY IN HIS BESTSELLING MEMOIR, HIBILLY ELEGY. THE BOOK PROPELLED VANCE TO FAME AND SET HIM ON A PATH TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AS SENATOR OF OHIO, AND LATER TO THE REPUBLICAN TICKET AS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. TIERNAN, A PROGRESSIVE ACTIVIST WHO DISAGREES WITH VANCE POLITICALLY, WAS THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DEPLOYMENT AND THEY REMAIN FRIENDS TO THIS DAY. “I LOVE JD STILL. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE I SERVED WITH — BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE I WENT TO IRAQ WITH AND HAVE THOSE DEEP 20-YEAR RELATIONSHIPS [WITH] — I REALLY DO MY BEST NOT TO LET POLITICS GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,” HE SAID. “THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT I DON’T TRY TO INFLUENCE THE MAN, AND HE CERTAINLY TRIES TO INFLUENCE ME IN OUR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS.”; TIERNAN ADDED THAT ONE THING THEY DO AGREE ON IS “TRYING TO END WARS.”; “I THINK THAT HE’S IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO TRY TO DE-ESCALATE CONFLICTS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A PERSON SENT TO THE FRONT LINES, BE[ING] AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY KNOW THAT’S FAMILIAR. HIM NOT WANTING THAT TO HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE — IT’S A REAL IMPORTANT VOICE TO HAVE IN POLITICS,” HE SAID. | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/8zwja6.jpg)