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"'Hillbilly Elegy' was celebrated as an explanation for why white working class voters became attracted to Trump and for its compelling personal narrative, but what people largely ignored at the ...
'Hillbilly Elegy' controversy. Despite the popularity of Vance's memoir, both it and the movie adaptation were met with criticism. Many experts argue the story fails to recognize the cultural ...
Before he was a politician, Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was largely known for his 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" about his Appalachian childhood.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by U.S. vice president-elect JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young.
“Hillbilly Elegy” is a memoir written by JD Vance and recounts the events and experiences of his own life. The book details his family’s struggles with poverty, addiction and instability ...
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 ...
Eastern Kentucky weighs in on Vance's book: "He paints a story of the ‘immoral Appalachian,'" a resident told Yahoo News.
In "Hillbilly Elegy," he also assumed the role of social and political commentator. Vance said people in his community weren't working, in part, because local manufacturing jobs evaporated.