"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to ...

Gabriel Basso is reflecting on playing J.D. Vance in the 2020 adaptation of the VP's memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy,' saying it's ...

is the name of that movie." Hostin chimed in, "Well, now he's talking about childless cat ladies." Reviews at the time claimed the film "Hillbilly Elegy" fell short in depicting the working class.

For at least part of his upbringing, JD Vance’s parents — Donald Bowman and Beverly Aikins — played formative roles, too. The ...

“Speaking of vice presidents — in 2020, you played J.D. Vance’s mamaw, his grandmother, in Hillbilly Elegy, and the movie was based on his bestselling memoir. I remember him hawking it in ...

Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard didn’t hold back ... we didn’t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his upbringing and that survival tale.

Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.