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.

Vance has, of course, evolved since he wrote the book into a firebreathing, fearmongering Trumpista. But sometimes Vance, the thoughtful author of Hillbilly Elegy, emerges, as when he and Tim Walz ...

A man is charged for allegedly using books to distribute controlled substances. One of the books used in the suspected drug smuggling is “Hillbilly Elegy” written by Vice President JD Vance.

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was among the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.