Before Vance was announced as Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 US presidential election, he was the subject of a critically maligned 2020 film, which adapted his 2017 memoir about his early ...

Five years after bringing J.D. Vance‘s memoir to Netflix, Ron Howard doesn’t appear to waste much time thinking about the Trump VP. The 2x Oscar-winning director behind 2020’s Hillbilly Elegy ...

Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard has taken a swipe at JD Vance, stating he is “surprised” by the vice president’s transformation into a controversial politician. Before Vance was announced as ...

Ron Howard can admit that he never would have expected JD Vance's vice presidency after directing the 2020 film adaptation of Vance's 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. While promoting his latest film Eden ...

J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” the surprise best-seller published in 2016, is a frisky memoir with a bit of conservative moralizing dangling off, like the price tag on Minnie Pearl’s hat. Nearly ...

I didn’t read “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance because of its No. 1 ranking on The New York Times’ bestseller list. I read it because of its setting in ...

Every year, there’s at least one film that earns the label of “failed Oscar bait.” These are the films with lofty ambitions, big-name movie stars, prime fall release dates and seemingly noble and ...

Former Obama speechwriter David Litt has been making the media rounds for his new book, It’s Only Drowning, which he has touted as the “Hillbilly Elegy for People Who Hate JD Vance.” His media tour ...