Billy Bob Thornton says Hollywood told him he ‘wasn’t southern enough’: 'I am just off the turnip truck'

Billy Bob Thornton reveals Hollywood prejudice against southerners in early career and how he "couldn't even get a part as a ...
Whiskey Riff

Billy Bob Thornton Says Hollywood Has A Prejudice Against Southern Actors: “I Couldn’t Get A Part As A Hillbilly”

Billy Bob Thornton isn’t Southern enough? Please… Landman’s second act is set to release this Sunday, on November 16th, ...
The Spokesman-Review

Gustavo Arellano: I know what a true hillbilly is, and it’s not JD Vance

From the moment I learned about hillbillies as a child, I was entranced. Good ol’ boys and girls born high up in the mountains? That’s my parents. People who moved from rural towns to metro areas in ...
Yahoo

I reread JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy.' He hasn't transformed as much as you think.

Before JD Vance was a political figure, he was the author of the bestselling book "Hillbilly Elegy." He's changed a lot in the eight years since the book published. But some things remain the same.
WFAE

'Hillbilly Elegy' is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale

A photograph of Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Rev. Stephen Edington: I, too, have a hillbilly elegy

I READ the book “Hillbilly Elegy” shortly after it came out in 2016. I’d not heard the name J.D. Vance then and I had no preconceptions about the author. I was struck by the similarities of the ...