Many Appalachian residents and writers ... Steve Williams, a Democrat running for governor of West Virginia, reacted on X. "I read 'Hillbilly Elegy.' It drove me crazy," he wrote.

I was raised in Coal City, West Virginia and when ... poverty of his ‘fellow’ hillbillies on their poor choices. “Instead, read literally anything else. Read Appalachian Reckoning which ...

Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month ... a collection of essays called “Appalachian Reckoning” that serves as a rebuttal to “Hillbilly Elegy.” ...

I started reading JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" on election day ... on top of Muddy Creek Mountain outside of Alderson, West Virginia, a town of less than a thousand people nestled ...

Donald Trump had picked Vance as his running mate at least in part because his “hillbilly ... coal miner in West Virginia. At the RNC, Vance invoked his Appalachian burial ground to challenge ...

An event that honors Appalachian heritage kicked off Friday night at the West Virginia State Capitol. The 48th Vandalia ...