EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published in 2016 when J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” was released. Now, sales of the so-called memoir are again surging. On the day of Trump’s announcement, the ...

“Hillbilly Elegy,” Sen. J.D. Vance's bestselling memoir, is topping the charts once again. The book surged to No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list on Monday, soon after former President Donald ...

J.D. Vance, 39, was only 31 when he published “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” eight years ago. I was shocked when I read it back then. And my heart went out to ...

Without that social commentary, though, Hillbilly Elegy becomes just another bland iteration on the tired "triumph over adversity" formula. Bev and Mamaw are awards-show highlight reels in search ...