‘Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks or white trash. I call them neighbours, friends and family.’ But what do the real people of Appalachia think of Vance’s account of their homeland ...

There’s a point made in the film — which has won many honors, including the jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival — that beyond the term hillbilly there’s a lack of knowledge about the people of ...

Vice President JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" has been criticized by many who feel it is an inaccurate portrayal of ...

While she says Appalachia ends somewhere in West Virginia ... Thanks to Hampton’s objections, I’ll purposely sit down to watch Hillbilly Elegy this weekend. Afterward, I’ll take a ride ...

J.D. Vance has done a Sir Edmund Hillary in his newly released “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and ... and disaffection of America’s working class whites, look to Greater Appalachia. (Vance) ...

A study of recorded music of Appalachia (hillbilly) and cowboy music collected by Joe Bussard. Collection contains tape recordings of early country music, c. 1930s, plus transciptions arranged by ...

Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is a lazy caricature, but not the one you think The film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s requiem for Appalachia misfires in its portrayal of Trump era culture wars.