Sometimes you just have to give the devil his due. That’s what I’m about to do for Trump’s new vice- presidential pick, J. D. Vance. In his best-seller memoir “Hillbilly Elegy," Vance pretty much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance holds a rally in his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, on July 22, 2024. Luke Sharrett/The ...

Politicians are like superheroes: it’s all about the origin story. With its tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty – stretching from Middletown, Ohio back into the hills of Appalachia – it was ...

Let me get right to the spoiler: the one weird trick is science. . . psychology, to be exact. Yes, I am saying that psychology could end poverty. And now the back-story for this wonderful conclusion.

It’s easy to understand why “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2016 memoir by JD Vance, piqued the interest of the American people. It recycles a narrative America has relied on for a century to sleep soundly ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — At the heart of JD Vance’s ...

Arkansas, particularly in the mountainous regions, has often been criticized as being the home of the oft-caricatured hillbilly. The hillbilly of lore is lazy, shoeless, and, due to a lack of indoor ...