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J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, and the false claim about a graphic passage in the book.
No credible evidence shows was ; the story originated as a deliberately false joke on X and was widely debunked by multiple outlets . The viral claim referenced a fabricated passage in Vance’s memoir ...
The “couch” controversy centered on social posts claiming passages in describe performing sexual acts with a couch — often specified as “an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions” an...
The viral “” rumor about began as a joke posted on and exploded into memes and fact‑checks; major outlets debunked the claim, and briefly published and then pulled a fact‑check, fueling further attent...
J.D. Vance explicitly invokes “learned helplessness” in Hillbilly Elegy most notably when contrasting the fatalism of his childhood with the discipline he found in the Marine Corps — a passage repeate...