In 2020, Hillbilly Elegy was released on Netflix. The film adapts Vance's 2016 memoir of the same name and features heavy-hitting actors like Amy Adams and Glenn Close in starring roles.

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.