Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.

J.D. Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an ... a Ron Howard directed movie. The Journal’s book ...

Based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, HILLBILLY ELEGY is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member ...

Glenn Close has hit out at JD Vance after starring in the film about his life, Hillbilly Elegy. Since he was announced ... politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in ...

Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ showed us years ago that JD Vance is full of contradictions Hillbilly Elegy leans into Vance's image as a son of the Rust Belt. In reality, Trump's VP is best ...

Glenn Close is giving her opinion on the Trump-Vance administration. Close played Vance's grandmother in the 2020 movie "Hillbilly Elegy," based on Vance's memoir. She told BI she's "very disturbed" ...

Gabriel Basso has offered a more measured view of JD Vance than his Hillbilly Elegy co-stars ... “They made a movie of his book and my name will always be in the description.” ...

Basso portrayed Vance in the 2020 film "Hillbilly Elegy." Getty Images Gabriel Basso ... “talked a little bit” before Basso filmed the movie. “He’s a cool dude,” Basso said.

JD Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an unsparing ... a Ron Howard directed movie.