The movie explores themes of family ... At this point, Hillbilly Elegy has become a classic among films based on true events, ...

J.D. Vance’s improbable rise to becoming Donald Trump’s running mate started with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”—an ... a Ron Howard directed movie. The Journal’s book ...

Netflix acquired the movie's distribution rights in January ... Related: Was J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy Really a True Story? All About the VP Candidate's Controversial Memoir However, critics ...

J.D. Vance, 39, was only 31 when he published “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” eight years ago. I was shocked when I read it back then. And my heart went out to ...

J.D. Vance shot to fame with his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, but the vice president ... a massive bestseller that got adapted into a 2020 movie directed by Ron Howard, and it helped make ...

Sales for ''Hillbilly Elegy'' now total at least 1.6 million copies, according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of hardcover and paperback sales. Ron Howard adapted the book into a 2020 movie ...

“Where we come from is who we are but we choose every day who we become”—Vance’s (Gabriel Basso) dialogue, from Hillbilly Elegy (2020) pretty much sums up the sentiments of Ron ...