JD Vance tells 'Tucker Carlson Today' there's 'something a little bit broken down about' American Dream

"Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance joined "Tucker Carlson Today" on Fox Nation Friday for a wide-ranging interview discussing the author’s childhood, family, and his journey from a small Appalachian community to Yale Law School and the top of the best seller list.

According to Vance, Mawmaw was "not an educated woman, but was a very smart woman" who was "remarkably perceptive about how social class works in America." "As much as I love and admire Mamaw's faith in the American dream, and I think it's an important part of motivating yourself, there was something a little naïve about it, if I’m being honest," Vance explained. "There were a lot of kids from our community and I was the only one who made it to a place like [Yale Law School], and I think if that’s true it does suggest that there’s something a little bit broken down about the social mobility-based American dream. There clearly is. We know that most of the kids who come from a rough home, come from a rough community, just don’t reach the educational elite in our society. I think that’s a real problem." Vance described Yale Law School as a culture shock to him, and recalled noticing that personal relationships at the school were forged on a transactional basis.