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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by the current Vice President of the United States 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.
People in Appalachia are talking about "Hillbilly Elegy" ‒ and not all of them kindly.. Ohio Sen. JD Vance's bestselling memoir, which thrust him into the spotlight in 2016, gained renewed ...
“Hillbilly Elegy” tells the story of a childhood plagued by abuse, alcoholism and poverty. It follows Vance’s white, working-class family from his grandparents in Kentucky’s Appalachia ...
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."
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 U.S. vice president 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 ...
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 ...
Both the 2016 novel "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" by JD Vance and its 2020 film adaptation by Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind," "American Graffiti," "The DaVinci Code ...
It was a position that kept Hillbilly Elegy on the reading lists of liberal America. In 2017, after the Trump victory, the book finally topped the bestseller charts. This was off the back of an ...