Peter Thiel, Mercer Family Financing Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance's Potential Senate Run
Peter Thiel, Mercer Family Financing J.D. Vances Potential Senate Run
MONEY TALKS
Justin Rohrlich
Updated Mar. 16, 2021 1:37PM ET /
Published Mar. 15, 2021 9:40PM ET
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel and the family of hedge fund manager Robert Mercer have donated millions of dollars to Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC formed in February to support Hillbilly Elegy author and money manager J.D. Vance in a possible run for U.S. Senate, according to a spokesperson cited by Forbes. Bryan Lanza, an adviser to the PAC, told the outlet that Thiel, who was a vocal Trump fan until the former president's bungling of the governments coronavirus response, made a $10 million donation to the group. The Mercers, who have links to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, donated a significant amount, said Lanza, who declined to offer a specific dollar figure. Vance, who has not yet officially announced that he is running, would be vying for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman.
Read it at Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/03/15/tech-billionaire-thiel-and-mercer-family-back-potential-jd-vance-senate-bid/?sh=4449b9df1a2d
https://www.thedailybeast.com/peter-thiel-mercer-family-financing-jd-vances-potential-senate-run