# ‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: Three Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book

An episode of [The Opinions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1762898126), 20 Jun 2026, 40 min.

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In JD Vance’s second memoir, “Communion,” the vice president reveals himself to be a deeply anxious person searching for certainty, the Opinion national politics correspondent Michelle Cottle argues. In this conversation with the contributor E.J. Dionne Jr. and the columnist Carlos Lozada, the three discuss the ways in which Vance is courting potential constituencies and positioning himself as the next Republican presidential nominee. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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