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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis is the 2016 New York Times best-selling memoir by J.D. Vance
. It describes the hillbilly values and culture that Vance learned from his grandparents while growing up in the Appalachian area of Ohio. Vance examines the problems that working-class white people face while simultaneously telling the story of his own journey from a humble upbringing to the Ivy League. A movie adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy directed by Ron Howard was released 2020.
