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 government’s 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.
