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Hillbilly Elegy criticism

Criticism of J.D. Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy for its portrayal of Appalachian decline as a product of culture and personal failings

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Jan 17, 2026
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How have scholars of Appalachia and poverty critiqued Hillbilly Elegy’s portrayal of structural versus cultural causes?

Scholars of Appalachia and poverty have pushed back forcefully against Hillbilly Elegy’s framing of Appalachian decline as primarily a product of culture and personal failings, arguing instead that Va...

Jan 9, 2026

What passage in Hillbilly Elegy is the JD Vance rumor based on?

The widely circulated rumor that Hillbilly Elegy contains a passage in which J.D. Vance describes having sex with couch cushions (or an inside-out glove between cushions) is false: fact-checkers trace...