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J.D. Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy and its themes
J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy frames the problems of white, working‑class Americans as rooted largely in culture—family breakdown, learned helplessness, pessimism and unhealthy habits—while repeatedly ...
portrays his four years in the as a decisive turning point that converted aimlessness into purpose, taught practical adult skills, and supplied the discipline and networks that propelled him to colleg...
Contemporary reporting identifies JD Vance’s maternal grandmother as Bonnie Eloise Blanton Vance, a woman from rural Kentucky who figures centrally in Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy and in profiles of...
J.D. Vance has publicly discussed his time in the Marine Corps in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and in pieces republished by military outlets, where he describes a 2005–2006 deployment to Iraq and c...