On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
WEBJul 17, 2024 · The Kentucky place that J.D. Vance said “would always have my heart” is back in the spotlight as he prepares to address the Republican National Convention.
JD Vance represents Ohio but has roots in eastern Kentucky
WEBJul 17, 2024 · GOP Vice-Presidential candidate JD Vance has said in the past he considers Breathitt County, Kentucky home. Vance was born in Ohio, but both sides of his family have roots in eastern Kentucky. Vance is currently the junior senator from Ohio. Some of Vance’s life in Kentucky is detailed in his book “Hillbilly Elegy”
JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ rings true in Kentucky, but not his ...
WEBJul 25, 2024 · JD Vance shaped his image in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” about his roots in rural Kentucky. Many there question his theories about the White working class. The house in Panbowl Branch ...
Hillbilly Elegy - Wikipedia
WEBHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his …
On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
WEBJul 17, 2024 · JACKSON, Ky. — In the 24 hours after J.D. Vance became Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, Stephen Bowling, city council member and director of the Breathitt County Public Library, fielded more than a dozen calls from news media outlets large and small.
'Hillbilly Elegy' Recalls A Childhood Where Poverty Was 'The ... - NPR
WEBAug 17, 2016 · J.D. Vance grew up in a Rust Belt town in Ohio, in a family from the hills of eastern Kentucky. Hillbilly Elegy details the social isolation, poverty and addiction that afflict poor white...
On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
WEBJul 17, 2024 · Vance evoked his Kentucky roots in a speech July 10 at a conference organized by the New Right group National Conservatism in which he criticized U.S military aid to Ukraine, free trade policies and immigration.
JD Vance has family roots in this Eastern Kentucky county
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Vance was born and grew up in Middletown, but he wrote that as a child, he made frequent visits to his great-grandmother’s home near Jackson, including spending summers there, and still...
JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, has ties to Kentucky. What to know ...
WEBUpdated July 17, 2024 3:23 PM. U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, former president Donald Trump’s pick for vice presidential running mate, is from Ohio. But he calls Kentucky “home.” Vance has long...
On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
WEBJul 18, 2024 · The place that Vance in his best-selling memoir wrote “would always have my heart” is back in the spotlight, after the freshman U.S. senator from Ohio addressed a national television audience and the Republican National Convention Wednesday night.
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