"On an April evening last year, Rod Dreher sat in the front row of an auditorium at the Heritage Foundation, in Washington, D.C., giddy with pride and happiness. He was there for the screening of a new documentary series based on one of his books, Live Not by Lies, about Christian dissidents from the former Soviet bloc-but first, a special guest was making his way toward the stage."
"It was Dreher, Vance said, who latched on to his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, a decade ago and promoted it on his blog for The American Conservative, helping to vault the book to the best-seller list. Dreher then became a friend and adviser to Vance as he launched his political career. After praising Dreher for 10 minutes, Vance invited him onstage. The two men hugged, each of them saying, "I love you, man.""
Rod Dreher attended a Heritage Foundation screening for a documentary based on his book Live Not by Lies, which focuses on Christian dissidents from the former Soviet bloc. J.D. Vance credited Dreher with promoting Hillbilly Elegy and publicly thanked and embraced him onstage. Dreher has long voiced religious conservatives' yearnings and frustrations through magazine blogging, best-selling books, and a popular Substack, and he joined The Free Press as a regular contributor in January. Dreher was not initially a staunch Donald Trump supporter; he criticized Trump for years and supported him only at the start of his second term, believing Trump's crude energy could defeat progressive ideas.
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