WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

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WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

WIRED Politics Lab

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1 year ago

WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

On Wednesday, a WIRED exclusive revealed that one of J.D. Vance’s financial policy advisers has posted a lot on Reddit about illicit substances. Given Vance’s hard stance on drugs, WIRED’s Tim Marchman and Makena Kelly join Leah to discuss why it matters that a member of his staff seems to have been using them. Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena. Tim Marchman is @timmarchman. Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here. Mentioned this week: JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs by Makena Kelly