Now that J.D. Vance has officially been selected as former president Donald Trump‘s running mate in the 2024 presidential election, you may be reminded of his work on Hillbilly Elegy ...

In 2016, Vance published a memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” that explained the struggle of rural Americans through Vance’s own family history.

Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more. “Hillbilly Elegy” tells the story of a childhood plagued by abuse, alcoholism and poverty. It follows Vance’s ...

It’s easy to understand why “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2016 memoir by JD Vance, piqued the interest of the American people. It recycles a narrative America has relied on for a century to sleep ...

Gabriel Basso has offered a more measured view of JD Vance than his Hillbilly Elegy co-stars. Before becoming Donald Trump’s vice president, Vance was known for writing the popular memoir ...

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 off the shelves after former President ...

His 2016 book, “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” spent a whopping 36 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, twice reaching the top of that list. Vance did ...

Donald Trump had picked Vance as his running mate at least in part because his “hillbilly” credentials could appeal to the voters his book purported to represent. Then, of course, there was ...

Today, the battered house sits amid a community that has suffered deeper decline since Vance described the region’s ruin eight years ago in “Hillbilly Elegy,” his bestseller, which was ...

If Trump VP pick J.D. Vance's memoir sparked your interest in Appalachian literature, read these books next Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...