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A 2017 Brookings Institution report noted that "J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy became a national bestseller for its raw, emotional portrait of growing up in and eventually out of a poor rural community riddled by drug addiction and instability." Vance's account anecdotally confirmed the report's conclusion that family stability is essential to ...
Even Vance expressed admiration for our trajectory, writing in "Hillbilly Elegy" that white Appalachians wallow in pessimism, unlike Latino immigrants, “many of whom suffer unthinkable poverty
The prescription for American dependency, written in Hillbilly Elegy, is no longer just for Ohio. “I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamned people on this earth,” is the clarion ...
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Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by JD Vance. The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close , and features Gabriel Basso , Haley Bennett , Freida Pinto , Bo Hopkins in his final film appearance, and Owen Asztalos.
Contradiction, writes JD Vance, in his bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, has been a hallmark of his life and of his people for generations. Becoming the vice-presidential running mate for Donald ...
Since his nomination, "Hillbilly Elegy" has climbed to the top two spots on Amazon's bestsellers list (hard cover and paperback), with at least 1.6 million copies sold, according to ABC News.
Before Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was announced as Trump's running mate, the first-term senator gained prominence for his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy."