Vance graduated Yale Law in 2013. In 2016 Hillbilly Elegy was published. Somewhere in between he connected with someone who connected him with Harper Collins publishers and Ron Howard movie director. 

How did JD Vance get a book and movie deal out of nowhere? Who took his "Elegy" manuscript to Harper Collins and Ron Howard? That is Not Easy for a first time writer. Who wanted that book published in 2016 and made into a movie for 2020 release, and got the book publicized before anyone even knew who JD was? If anyone knows, please tell me.