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Hillbilly Elegy: Media

memoir by Vance

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A book that launched a career
JD Vance's best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy elevated him to prominence...
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From author to vice president
JD Vance, shown here in 2023, was 31 years old when he wrote Hillbilly Elegy....
Office of U.S. Senator J.D. Vance