Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, ...

A photograph of Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying ...

Cassie Chambers Armstrong is the author of “Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains.” She is a member of the Louisville Metro Council. I used to be upset when J.D.

As J.D. Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” surged to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, I was on location in Kentucky filming “Hillbilly” — a documentary that examines the long history of ...

I’m a hillbilly. Have been since birth and, believe it or not, I’m proud of it. Hillbilly, like most things that deal with the Appalachian Mountains, is a term that is usually misunderstood. Scholars ...

"The Beverly Hillbillies" cast in 1963, from left to right: Max Baer Jr. (as Jethro Bodine); Irene Ryan (as Granny, Daisy Moses); Buddy Ebsen (as Jed Clampett); and Donna Douglas (as Elly May Clampett ...

If you’re curious about the region, there is a world of books and films beyond the Netflix movie and J.D. Vance’s memoir. Photo: Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX The Hillbilly Elegy phenomenon is frustrating for ...