The only reason a photon interacts with an electron is because the photon has an electric field.
You don't understand what an electric field is. See
it's a good introductory book.
I know someone who got results - Dr. Gil Crouse. I know because I spoke with him about his research. There are a bunch of other respected academics who have replicated Mills' work - you just have to search for them. Plenty of YouTube videos of them discussing what they found.
Farrell was a co-author of the first publication of the Grand Unified Theory:
The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Quantum Mechanics https://www.amazon.com/dp/0963517155/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_F9VEFb879YYZN
I’d say that qualifies as support for the theory.