AJ Rice Author

A.J. Rice is America’s publicist, and the undisputed GOAT of conservative public relations—a columnist, humorist, and impresario.

Officially Rice serves as president and CEO of Publius PR, editor-in-chief of The Publius National Post on Substack, and author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, The Woking Dead: How Society’s Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture.

Rice is a brand manager, star-whisperer, media influencer, and literary agent who has produced, promoted, or represented Laura Ingraham, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Donald Trump Jr., Monica Crowley, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Vivek Ramaswamy, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Kari Lake, Dan Bongino, Charles Krauthammer, Congressman Steve Scalise, George P. Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, Congressman Michael Waltz, The Hodgetwins, Roger L. Simon, Buck Sexton, Ben Stein, Steve Hilton, Alan Dershowitz, Bobby Kennedy Junior, Dr. Peter Navarro, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Dr. Naomi Wolf, Dr. Robert Malone, Pete Hegseth, Newt Gingrich, Victor Davis Hanson, and many others.

Rice served as the executive producer of The Laura Ingraham Show for four years, and The Monica Crowley Show for two years. Following that, he produced an investigative news show at The Washington Times for John Solomon for three years called America’s Morning News, and later was brought in by Glenn Beck’s team to help launch The Blaze Radio Network. Some of his current or former clients are the groups that represent the core of the conservative movement, like The Federalist Society, America First PAC, FreedomWorks, CO2 Coalition, and Gun Owners of America.

In addition to running Publius, Rice writes as a columnist for over thirty national media outlets that include Investor’s Business Daily, The Hill, Epoch Times, Newsmax, PJMedia, American Greatness, Townhall.com, TheBlaze.com, RealClearMarkets, and the Washington Examiner.

Vince Everett Ellison was born on a cotton plantation in Haywood County, Tennessee. His parents, at that time, were sharecroppers. Through hard work and a belief in Jesus Christ, his parents pulled him and his seven siblings out of poverty. His family started the Ellison Family Gospel singing group, where Vince sang and played multiple instruments as a child and young adult. Vince worked for five years as a correctional officer at the Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. Afterward, Vince worked in the nonprofit arena.

In 2000, Vince received the Republican Party nomination for South Carolina’s 6th congressional district. In 2019, Vince wrote The Iron Triangle, which became an Amazon #1 bestseller. He has appeared numerous times on Hannity, The Laura Ingraham Show, Newsmax, OAN, The Joe Pags Show, The Brian Kilmeade Show, The Howie Carr Show, and many other radio and television programs. He is the author of the #1 bestseller, 25 Lies, and has appeared on Tucker Carlson and Bill O’Reilly.

Vince is a member of Project 21 and has written numerous articles for American Greatness magazine, bizpacreview.com, and other publications.