I already know about the distance, but this is a difference in the meaning when they are demonstrative.
What would be the difference in connotations, and their use, when they are "he".
I can find sentences with each of them, but my level in Latin doesn't allow me to see the shade of meanings. The dictionaries are not very loquacious about it, and it's a thing I would need to know now to progress in Latin, and to forge my own sentences.
Related: Reference with hic, is and ille
Pronoun differences.
In my beginner-Latin courses, my instructors were fairly explicit with the differences; In classical Latin, hic was a pronoun that indicated closeness to a person either in proximity or friendship. Ille was often used for proximity as well, but it could also be a more diplomatic word for somebody you disagreed with. Iste, a common pronoun you did not list, was often used to group people together, often in a negative way: "that (man) (of yours)." Meanwhile, "is" is a word that remains neutral and independent of these connotations.
Si erram (et numquam erro) me moneas.
