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.

J.D. Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an ... a Ron Howard directed movie. The Journal’s book ...

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the ... up” every time he sees the movie) and a realization that there is little ...

A Maumee man faces criminal charges that accuse him of spraying pages of books with drugs and smuggling them into a northeast Ohio prison, including Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy ...

A Maumee man faces criminal charges that accuse him of spraying pages of books with drugs and smuggling them into a northeast Ohio prison, including Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy ...

Gabriel Basso has offered a more measured view of JD Vance than his Hillbilly Elegy co-stars ... “They made a movie of his book and my name will always be in the description.” ...