Hillbilly Elegy star calls JD Vance ‘a cool dude’ five years after playing him - ‘Night Agent’ star said ‘it’s kind of weird’ to be linked to new vice president ...

Vice President JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" has been criticized by many who feel it is an inaccurate portrayal of ...

The more I got into Appalachian studies the more I felt that was me. Now I associate that with being in the mountains.” Hillbilly as a word saw increasingly common usage in the late 1800s and early ...

Before Vance was a couple of steps away from the most powerful position in the world, he was just a self-proclaimed “hillbilly” raised in the Appalachian mountains, living in poverty ...

Based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, HILLBILLY ELEGY is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member ...

There is an assortment of artifacts reflecting early writers and their effects on the hillbilly image, as well as artifacts from Knoxville’s 1910 Appalachian Exposition. One case contains a vari ...

Reviews at the time claimed the film "Hillbilly Elegy" fell short in depicting ... for bringing to light the socioeconomic woes of Appalachian culture, as well as addressing issues like addiction ...

Before Vance was a couple of steps away from the most powerful position in the world, he was just a self-proclaimed “hillbilly” raised in the Appalachian mountains, living in poverty ...