But what you and Vance said was thoughtful, and reasonable, and – like I try to very publicly be myself, having “been there and done that” – understanding of the realities of the working poor.

Sen. J.D. Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an unsparing look at poverty and economic malaise in ...

If you buy something through links on our site ... Without that social commentary, though, Hillbilly Elegy becomes just another bland iteration on the tired "triumph over adversity" formula.

When Hillbilly Elegy was first published in 2016 ... she continued. “So that was, you know, the family was very generous with their time.” Behar remarked, “He had a whole different ...