Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy and J. D. Vance

JD Vance has changed his name several times over his life. His last name comes from his maternal grandparents. He prefers no periods between J and D.
Sen. JD Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an unsparing look at poverty and economic malaise in working ...
J.D. Vance, 39, was only 31 when he published “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” eight years ago. I was shocked when I read it back then. And my heart went out to ...
He wrote in his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," that the Marine Corps "taught me how to live like an adult." "It was in the Marine Corps where I first ordered grown men to do a job and watched ...