JD Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy” was published in 2016. AP “When we spoke around the time that I knew him, he was not involved in politics or claimed to be particularly interested.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016.

JD Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy” was published in 2016. AP “When we spoke around the time that I knew him, he was not involved in politics or claimed to be particularly interested.

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale By Clayton Kincade (NPR) Aug. 17, 2024 9:13 a.m.

Some Appalachian writers are keen to counter Senator JD Vance's representation of their region in his memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," which is back on the bestseller list. Republican vice presidential ...

Ron Howard may have directed J.D. Vance‘s life story in the 2020 Netflix drama Hillbilly Elegy, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to vote for him when he runs alongside Donald Trump in this ...

Vance writes in Hillbilly Elegy that he grew up most of his life in Middletown, Ohio, but spent summers and his free time until the age of 12 in Jackson, Ky. Vance adds that Jackson “was the one ...

Meredith McCarroll and Anthony Harkins co-edited Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy, a blend of scholarly, poetic and narrative rebuttals to Vance’s tale published in 2019.