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James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American venture capitalist, author, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. [1] [2] A member of the Republican Party, he came to prominence with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy .
Jun 30, 2024 · J.D. Vance (born August 2, 1984, Middletown, Ohio, U.S.) is best known as the author of Hillbilly Elegy (2016), a best-selling memoir of his experiences growing up as a member of the white working class that was published as the United States was roiling with division over the upsurge in populist support for Republican presidential candidate ...
Nov 24, 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy is now streaming on Netflix, and tells the story of J.D. Vance (played by Gabriel Basso), a law student who returns to his Appalachian hometown—a hometown wrecked by addiction...
Aug 17, 2016 · J.D. Vance grew up in a Rust Belt town in Ohio, in a family from the hills of eastern Kentucky. His new memoir details the social isolation, poverty and addiction that afflict poor white...
Jun 28, 2016 · In Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck. The Vance family story began with hope in postwar America.
May 3, 2022 · Now the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, Mr. Vance owes his ascendant political career in large part to Donald Trump, whose style he has tried to emulate.
Nov 8, 2022 · Republican J.D. Vance will win the Ohio Senate race, CNN projects, outlasting a stronger-than-expected challenge from Democrat Tim Ryan and keeping the seat under GOP control.
May 4, 2022 · Once considered a literary darling for his bestselling 2016 memoir-turned-film Hillbilly Elegy, author JD Vance had previously described President Donald Trump as "reprehensible"...
May 4, 2022 · Tech billionaire Peter Thiel had already donated a record-breaking amount of money to support J.D. Vance in the Ohio Republican Senate primary — but last week, the Silicon Valley tycoon...
Jul 1, 2024 · FILE - J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” holds his book as he speaks with supporters after a rally on July 1, 2021, in Middletown, Ohio, where he announced he is joining the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat. Sen. Vance, R-Ohio, sharply criticized Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle, before changing course and embracing the ...
