I adored my childhood and the people who helped me to become who I am. I’m proud of all I’ve already accomplished and look forward to making my family and community proud. All across our nation, there ...

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

AJ columnist Rogelio Medina on the way to Narita, Japan onboard Japan Airlines. THANKS to the nice and courteous service from ...

What a difference a year makes. A year ago today I forgot to write a column. It was an honest mistake. I spent most of that particular day alternating between a hot tub and swimming pool at a house ...

Before Vance was a couple of steps away from the most powerful position in the world, he was just a self-proclaimed “hillbilly” raised in the Appalachian mountains, living in poverty ...

They are from Jackson, Kentucky, a city of around 2,100 people in the Appalachian region. Vance's mother struggled with drug addiction, so he spent many of his formative years with his grandmother ...

Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States alongside President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in ...

January 23, 2025. The Schaefer Center Presents (SCP) performing arts series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts Engagement and Cultural Resources, welcomes acclaimed ...

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy ... working class in the Rust Belt Midwest and Appalachian region as he personally experienced them.

Vance gained fame with his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, which explores the struggles of working-class white Americans, particularly in the Appalachian region. Published in 2016, the book became a ...