googleapis / googleapis/google-cloud-python

`read_gbq(table_id, columns=[list of columns])` should actually filter the amount of columns downloaded from the API

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**

Currently, one only uses the columns parameter to re-order the list of columns and it has to exactly match the columns provided in the query or table. See this TODO:

https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-pandas/blob/912b615b6d8d0ff11451c247fb65e9a293b06490/pandas_gbq/gbq.py#L939-L944

**Describe the solution you'd like**

Only download the selected columns if the user passes a list of columns to `read_gbq`

*For queries:*

Maybe these still need to have the columns match since one can specify these in SQL? I don't see a selected_fields option in https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client#google_cloud_bigquery_client_Client_query_and_wait

*For table IDs:*

Pass the list of columns through as `selected_fields` to https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/google.cloud.bigquery.client.Client#google_cloud_bigquery_client_Client_list_rows

Starting here: https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-pandas/blob/912b615b6d8d0ff11451c247fb65e9a293b06490/pandas_gbq/gbq.py#L914-L919 going through to https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-pandas/blob/912b615b6d8d0ff11451c247fb65e9a293b06490/pandas_gbq/gbq.py#L396

**Describe alternatives you've considered**

A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

**Additional context**

Aside: https://googleapis.dev/python/pandas-gbq/latest/reading.html has no mention that a table ID is supported. We should add a sample there.

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