Rebecca’s Reads · Recommended

Hillbilly Elegy

Name: Hillbilly Elegy
Author: J.D. Vance

by J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance’s memoir of growing up in a working-class Appalachian family — a personal window on the culture and struggles of the white working class.

Borrow it freefrom your library (library catalogue, opens in a new tab) Read with the clubOctober’s book

Rebecca’s Reads For our speed readers: more for the stack, from the desk of Rebecca Weber. See all of Rebecca’s Reads

About the author

J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance is an American author, venture capitalist, politician, lawyer, and former United States Marine serving as the Ohio senator since 2023. He 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 Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he is the party's nominee for vice president in the 2024 election. He is the first millennial vice-presidential candidate and the first to have served in the Marine Corps.