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The late Bonnie Blanton Vance meant a lot to Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Born in rural Kentucky, Bonnie was a source of stability for the senator. He grew up without his father around and watched his ...
Before J.D. Vance was a politician, ... Bonnie Blanton (b. 1933, d. 2005) and James Vance (b. 1929, d. 1997), and he eventually took their last ... Getty Images. J.D. met Usha Chilukuri (b. 1986 ...
Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction. [8] Vance and his sister Lindsey were raised primarily by his maternal grandparents, James (1929–1997) and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton; 1933–2005), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw". [9]
Aside from Vance himself, the central character in “Hillbilly Elegy” is his grandmother Bonnie Blanton Vance, known as Mamaw. She is portrayed in the book — and in the film adaptation by ...
Vance’s grandmother, Bonnie Blanton Vance — known as “Mamaw” — on whom Close’s role is based, died in 2005. ... AP week in pictures. News. News. Associated Press.
A distant cousin to his “Papaw,” also named James Vance, married into the McCoy-hating Hatfield family, and committed a murder that “kicked off one of the most famous family fueds in American history,” Vance wrote in his book. Vance achieved a clean slate of sorts with his new name, just as he was entering his career as a lawyer and author.
The grandparents Vance lovingly called Mamaw and Papaw had moved to Ohio after his grandmother, Bonnie Blanton, became pregnant at 13 – his grandfather, James Vance, just a few years older.
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