Before politics, vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance's claim to fame was his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," in which he painted a polarizing picture of ...

A photograph of Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying ...

Neema Avashia’s Indian American family was among the minority in West Virginia, a place she describes as having demographics that put you in two camps: white or not white. Though she said some people ...

For cultural historian Anthony Harkins, becoming a nationally sought perspective on the Appalachian ties of Republican vice presidential pick JD Vance stemmed from a decades-long fascination with one ...

NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, ...

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying off the shelves after former President Donald ...