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Vance's account anecdotally confirmed the report's conclusion that family stability is essential to upward mobility. [9] In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung in July 2023, German chancellor Olaf Scholz called the book "a very touching personal story of how a young man with poor starting conditions makes his way." Scholz said the book had ...
Gabriel Basso as JD Vance. Owen Asztalos as young JD; Amy Adams as Beverly "Bev" Vance, JD's mother Tierney Smith as young Bev; Glenn Close as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance, JD's grandmother Sunny Mabrey as young Bonnie; Haley Bennett as Lindsay Vance, JD's older sister; Freida Pinto as Usha, JD's girlfriend; Bo Hopkins as Papaw Vance, JD's grandfather
The New York Times called it “a tough love analysis of the poor who back Trump.” Vance, however, openly criticized Trump in 2016, even suggesting he could be “America’s Hitler.”
Vance then attended Yale Law School, [18] [19] where he was a member of The Yale Law Journal. [20] [18] During his first year, Professor Amy Chua persuaded Vance to begin writing his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. [21] In 2010–2011, Vance wrote for David Frum's "FrumForum" website under the name J. D. Hamel.
JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, is the author of the controversial memoir "Hilbilly Elegy." ... one the government can play a large role in fixing,” The New York Times wrote in its book ...
Interest in Sen. JD Vance's 2016 book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," surged online this week after Vance, R-Ohio, was named as former President Donald Trump's vice ...
And, in 2016, as the book found itself on the New York Times bestseller list and the display window of every Barnes and Noble in the country, Vance made his position on Donald Trump’s candidacy ...
Vance's mother's parents, Bonnie Blanton and Jim Vance Sr., whom he called Mamaw and Papaw, were from Jackson, Kentucky, a city of around 2,100 people in the Appalachian region.