I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a ...

State of play: Since the VP candidacy news, there are 58 holds on the print copy of "Hillbilly Elegy," after previously having just one, according to a D.C. Public Library spokesperson. The ebook ...

"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to ...

“Hillbilly Elegy,” Sen. J.D. Vance's bestselling memoir, is topping the charts once again. The book surged to No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list on Monday, soon after former President Donald ...

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Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.