Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, contains a revealing anecdote about his childhood belief that he was gay… Vance’s grandmother… swiftly dispelled his fears with a blunt question

The question was, according to the book, “do you want to suck dick?”. Also according to the book, he was 9 when this happened. To be clear, this is a man who says teachers acknowledging queer identities are “groomers”. The same man who speaks positively about an adult asking a 9 year old if they’d like to suck dick.