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.

In 2016, a venture capitalist and Yale law graduate named JD Vance published a memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” The instant bestseller turned Vance into a media star and was later adapted into an ...

Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ showed us years ago that JD Vance is full of contradictions Hillbilly Elegy leans into Vance's image as a son of the Rust Belt. In reality, Trump's VP is best ...