Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an experienced culture ... transformations over the years but their film Hillbilly Elegy took them both to the next level.

I started reading JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" on election day, 2020. I didn’t plan it this way. I’d been asked to review the film and I felt that I should read the book beforehand ...

“Before and after the 2016 election, way too many people turned to Hillbilly Elegy as a source of insight ... ruining their state — as the real bad guy.” Others, including Appalachian ...

J.D. Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an ... First, that people are really curious about the anger ...

J.D. Vance shot to fame with his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, but the vice president ... of Appalachia as a region in decline due to lazy people, dysfunctional families and generational curses ...

is the bestselling author of "Hillbilly Elegy," who went from suggesting that Trump is "America's Hitler" to embracing the power of the MAGA machine Kyler Alvord is a news editor at PEOPLE ...

The Republican is a bestselling author with his book, “Hillbilly Elegy” that went on to be ... and were elected into office by the American people. Vance was sworn into office as the Vice ...

JD Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an ... First, that people are really curious about the anger ...