JD Vance's journey from a struggling teen in Middletown, Ohio, to Vice President of the United States is a remarkable tale of transformation. After a turbulent childhood, Vance enlisted in the Marine ...

"It’s full of untruths, intentionally manipulative stories," said an Appalachian scholar. Here's why the book was so ...

"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to ...

JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former ...

JD Vance - the 40-year-old junior Ohio senator raised by his grandmother in a childhood marked by poverty and substance abuse ...

Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio struggles like many other Rust Belt cities, but there are signs of growth. Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ showed us years ago that JD Vance is full of ...

Many are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments, but others feel lingering embarrassment over his ...

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a ...

Tim Ryan in Ohio’s Senate election. The Republican is a bestselling author with his book, “Hillbilly Elegy” that went on to be turned into a Netflix movie in 2020. Vance ran as former ...

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.

He spoke about his book and his nonprofit in 2016 and 2017, as well as about how he thought the problems facing Ohio could be solved. His memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," made him a name in Ohio and ...