Sometimes being raised in a hard life makes one stronger. The man became more educated than most and wrote a best-selling novel. Did you?

@Ann Smith Have you read some of the best-selling novels recently? They sure weren't written by Shakespeare, Dickens, Dolye, or Chesterton. That's certainly no compliment to any author, nor is it an argument against my point.

Have you made half the accomplishments JD has? The man deserves credit from where he came from and what he's done in his life.

God thought he was worth saving

St. Paul was moved by grace. Show me Sen. Vance's Road to Damascus moment, and we can talk.

And what do you acct for this man being able to come out from a dreadfully painful childhood and graduate from top schools and write a book and then converts to Catholicism? Time will tell, and I give him credit for that tough marine mindset that got him through those tough years. He made himself worthy of the gifts God gives us if we only accept and use them the way God wills.