Vice President JD Vance's motorcade drove through the gates at The Governor's Club in Brentwood and came to a stop at the residence of Nashville executive Damon Hininger. Vance spent two hours at Hininger's home, along with 30 guests, including fellow businessman Lee Beaman. It was during Lent, so fish was the main item for the lunch. Money was on the menu, too: The Republican fundraiser, according to Hininger, banked $3 million.

In an announcement that read like a campaign launch, former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger and his wife, Carrie, launched a political nonprofit aimed at “keeping Tennessee the best place to raise a family and grow a business.”

Former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger is fueling fresh Senate speculation with the launch of Believe in Tennessee, a new conservative nonprofit he founded with his wife, Carrie. 

Former CoreCivic CEO says “We never shy away from a good fight.” Believe in Tennessee is a conservative non-profit organization focused on keeping Tennessee the best place to raise a family and grow a business.

You’ve not seen the last of Damon Hininger. The longtime CEO of the country’s biggest private prison company has at least “one more big thing” in him. Here's what he said in an exclusive interview as his 33-year career at CoreCivic comes to an end.

Six years after Bank of America fired him as a client, and 131 days after President Donald Trump publicly accused the bank’s chief executive of political bias, Damon Hininger got a phone call.