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A powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class.

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"JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy is something extraordinary. It is a personal memoir of quite brilliant composition...
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Bill Gates recommends Hillbilly Elegy as one of his 5 books to read this summer: "The fact that Hillbilly Elegy...
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Coming soon: Megyn Kelly interviewed JD Vance and his family for her new show. Watch the segment on NBC this...
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PREVIEW: Megyn Kelly Interviews Best-Selling Author J.D. Vance

From a troubled childhood in the rust belt to success in Silicon Valley, J.D. Vance has bridged both red states and blue with his best-selling story "Hillbilly Elegy." In an interview with Megyn...

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Oprah Winfrey loves Hillbilly Elegy!
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Hillbilly Elegy has spent 45 weeks on The New York Times best sellers list, reports Above the Law. Thank you for...
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"Possibly the most important recent book about America." The Economist recommends Hillbilly Elegy as one of the...
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"Case and Vance say they are trying to remedy the gaping inequalities in the economic benefits flowing from...
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"Taylor is a writer and co-producer on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Her other feature credits include “Divergent” and...
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JD Vance announced today that he will be working with Steve Case's Revolution LLC to bring venture capital money...
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JD Vance would not have written Hillbilly Elegy without the encouragement of "Tiger Mom" and Yale professor Amy...
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How 'Tiger Mom' Convinced the Author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' to Write His Story

When J.D. Vance was in law school, his mentor, Amy Chua, gave him the confidence to take a different path. 

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"Of course, not every town can or should be saved. Many people should leave struggling places in search of...
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Which Hollywood star does he want to play him? “Chris Pratt,” he said, laughing in reference to the popular star...
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Author J.D. Vance returns to Middletown for grads, reveals plans

Middletown High School graduate and internationally famous author J.D. Vance closed a highly personal circle in his life Tuesday when he delivered the commencement speech to graduates from his former...

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"The president's example offered something no other public figure could: hope. I wanted so desperately to have...
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Opinion | Barack Obama and Me (Published 2017)

As a working-class, conservative white kid, I was supposed to hate him. Instead, he became a model for my life.

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"We should think of civic responsibility in slightly broader terms. And though I think we all certainly owe,...
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"The Trump whisperer, they call him. Also, J.D., the Rust Belt anger translator. A weird place to be, he...
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JD Vance appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night to talk about Hillbilly Elegy:...
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"The news media seems to be approaching Trump in a very oppositional way. And whether it’s Trump or Obama, it’s...
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Watch Steve Case and JD Vance in conversation at today's Rise of the Rest event in Washington.
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Another teaser for Megyn Kelly's upcoming interview of JD Vance!
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"Yet Hillbilly Elegy is not an angry book. Vance, who escaped poverty by joining the Marine Corps after high...
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J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Probes Culture, Fate, and Public Policy

J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy offers a harrowing account of escaping poverty—and illustrates why race is not the issue.

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JD Vance has spent the last several months speaking all over the country about Hillbilly Elegy, the white working...
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Amazon announced its Best Books of 2016, picking Hillbilly Elegy as #1 in the Nonfiction category and #3 overall....
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Hillbilly Elegy has been named over and over as one of the best books of 2016. Here are a few recent mentions:...
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"I read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, and it is a simple, humble book that tells you exactly what is happening in...
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Chef José Andrés on Trump, Free Food, and the American Dream

“We are in a moment when we don’t need enemies — we need bridges.”

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J.D. Vance and Steve Case will be live on Facebook tomorrow for the Rise of the Rest Summit! They’ll be...
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Reddit contributors just voted Hillbilly Elegy the best nonfiction book of 2016:...
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Guess which book is #1 again on this week's Washington Post nonfiction bestseller list!...
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Opinion | Washington Post bestsellers: Jan. 15, 2017

‘The Mistress,’ the latest Danielle Steel novel, debuts at No. 2

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JD Vance appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews today to talk about his reasons for writing about places like...
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The Chicago Sun-Times praises Hillbilly Elegy for asking the right questions:...
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Hillbilly Elegy is #1 again this week on The New York Times Bestseller List!...
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Ezra Klein recently interviewed JD Vance for his Vox podcast, The Ezra Klein Show. Listen here:...
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Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance was on CNN's New Day bright and early this morning. Here's a short clip:...
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JD Vance recently appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss Trump's promises to the working class. Watch...
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Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance's TED Talk is now live! Watch here:...
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A panel of Clinton supporters on CNN reported that they're trying to understand her loss by "reading J.D. Vance's...
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"[T]he glue that binds us is much more powerful than the forces that pry us apart. The fact is that a...
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"The biggest misconception, I think, is that the book is either a criticism of the poor for being poor or a...
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"Jobs like Papaw’s are hard to find these days. They have been done in by globalization, new technologies, and...
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The Atlantic calls Hillbilly Elegy an "affecting memoir" that "couldn’t be better-timed. Vance’s story amounts to...
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"The 32-year-old plans to bring his insights home to Ohio to create an education-oriented, nonprofit...
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Looking for thoughtful commentary on the inauguration and new administration? JD Vance will be on CNN all day...
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JD Vance has appeared several times on CNN this week to talk about social mobility, working-class America, and...
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#9 on the New York Times Bestseller list!
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Hillbilly Elegy "was the most-cited book in Bloomberg News’ annual survey of candidates for the best read of the...
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It's that time of year! The "best books of 2016" lists are out, and Hillbilly Elegy is featured on many of them....
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Hillbilly Elegy got a "Trump Bump" this year, says PBS NewsHour. Watch here:...
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"I really do think it comes down to respect. It comes down to being gracious. It comes down to really showing...
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"Boyle has just returned to Nashville after 30 years, partly to be close to family and partly in response to...
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The New York Times meditates on what causes people to vote as they do, drawing on Hillbilly Elegy, work by...
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"When our babysitter would come over, Mamaw would mysteriously show up too. When the babysitter would leave the...
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"We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a...
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"The most widely discussed and properly praised book germane to today’s politics is J.D. Vance’s 'Hillbilly...
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Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien interviewed JD Vance this weekend as part of a profile of his hometown of...
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"The reason that I’m worried about focusing on structural narratives to the exclusion of everything else is that...
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"Of course, it didn't work out like that. At one level, my confidence was a straightforward analytical failure....
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“Amy encouraged her students to work hard, and she wasn’t afraid to tell me to shape up or to put in long hours....
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"Reading 'Hillbilly Elegy,' I understood why, on trips to regions like North Carolina’s Piedmont, I sometimes...
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JD Vance appeared on CNN's Smerconish on Sunday to discuss the decisions facing us as a country after election...
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Forbes studied Hillbilly Elegy, the economic situation in JD Vance's hometown of Middletown, and the idea that we...
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Thanks for reading Hillbilly Elegy, Rand Paul!
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"Yet the technocratic left’s solutions hardly inspire confidence. As JD Vance shows in his book, Hillbilly Elegy,...
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Election Day is here! JD Vance will be offering commentary for Yahoo News and as part of ABC News's...
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For more analysis of the election by JD Vance, watch him today on CNN New Day and Morning Joe. Or read...
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"Vance’s memoir has struck a chord. He’s on the bestseller list and appears in opinion pages and on cable news...
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JD Vance appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS yesterday to discuss the final days of the 2016 election. Watch...
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"Now, along comes Mr. Vance, offering a compassionate, discerning sociological analysis of the white underclass...
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Coming soon: JD Vance and country music star Kacey Musgraves in conversation for TIME.
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This interview with #HillbillyElegy author JD Vance has been shared and viewed so many times, The American...
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Coming next year: JD Vance's Yale Law School classmate Jamil Jivani will publish "Why Young Men?", a study of the...
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JD Vance appeared yesterday on MSNBC's A.M. Joy to talk about Hillbilly Elegy. Watch here:...
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As Americans seek to understand yesterday's unexpected election results, JD Vance will be offering commentary on...
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JD Vance discussed the "American Experience" this weekend on CBS's Face The Nation:...
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Take a tour of Middletown and meet JD Vance's dad with VICE News:...
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"What explains the appeal of Donald Trump? Many pundits have tried to answer this question and fallen short. But...
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"In June, not long after Donald Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination, an unusual book by a first-time...
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The Aspen Institute's Economic Security Summit hosted a conversation with JD Vance and others last night on...
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This is a welcome surprise: People is recommending Hillbilly Elegy as one of the ten best books of 2016....
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Charlie Rose recently interviewed JD Vance about Hillbilly Elegy. Watch here:...
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The Weekly Standard calls Hillbilly Elegy "essential reading for understanding the plight of the white working...
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"One of the things that people from my neck of the woods, people who supported Trump, should try to do is...
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The media continues to turn to Hillbilly Elegy to understand the 2016 election. A few recent highlights: - The...
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JD Vance's graduation from boot camp, with many of the family members featured in Hillbilly Elegy.
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Missed JD Vance on All In with Chris Hayes? Watch here.
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The New York Times recommends The American Conservative's interview with Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance as...
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"The author of 'Hillbilly Elegy,' a memoir about his journey from an addiction-torn Appalachian family to Yale...
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Airing soon: appearances on Charlie Rose, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and more. But for now, a review from a...
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JD Vance appeared on the Today Show this weekend to discuss what President-Elect Trump must do to overcome the...
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"The most impressive aspect of J.D. Vance’s remarkably strong debut is the way he seamlessly weaves all these...
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Is Oprah reading Hillbilly Elegy??
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#HillbillyElegy author JD Vance's writing regularly appears in national publications, including the New York...
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JD Vance appeared yesterday on CNBC's Squawk Box to discuss issues including social mobility, the War on Poverty,...
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