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.

In paperback alone, “Hillbilly Elegy” sold some 200,000 copies in the week ending July 20, and was the No. 1 best selling print book across all genres, according to Circana Bookscan.

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

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.

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 ...

Behar noted on today’s show that Vance has made quite the change in recent years, telling Close, “In 2020, you played J.D. Vance’s mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy.

There’s nothing wrong with reading “Hillbilly Elegy,” but we need to keep in focus that it is the story of Vance’s perspective of Appalachian people, not the story of the people themselves.

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.