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The book was positively received by conservatives such as National Review columnist Mona Charen [11] and National Review editor and Slate columnist Reihan Salam. [12] American Conservative contributor and blogger Rod Dreher expressed admiration for Hillbilly Elegy, saying that Vance "draws conclusions... that may be hard for some people to take ...
Due to the book's commercial success and timeliness of the 2016 election, some tried to use "Hillbilly Elegy" to explain how Trump won over previously Democratic areas. This gave Vance the ...
One review in The Atlantic criticizes the film and book for framing poverty as a “moral failing of individuals” rather than a larger system at work: “Hillbilly Elegy has to simplify the ...
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."
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 ...
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by (now U.S. vice president-elect) 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 ...
"Hillbilly Elegy" thrust Ohio Sen. JD Vance into the national spotlight. Now he's Trump's vice-presidential running mate. What 'Hillbilly Elegy' reveals about childhood, politics of Trump VP pick ...
According to USA TODAY, "Hillbilly Elegy," which has 4.3/5 stars out of over 96,000 ratings on Amazon, follows Vance’s white, working-class family, from his grandparents in Kentucky’s ...