Mr Vance was born into a far humbler environment in the steel town of Middletown, Ohio, raised in an unstable home by a drug-addicted mother, he leveraged his academic talent into a lucrative career as a lawyer and venture capitalist.

"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to Netflix in 2020. Directed by Ron Howard, it stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Vance's character is played by Gabriel Basso. Owen Asztalos also plays the younger version of him.

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.

Jerry Dobbins remembers a young Vance growing up in Middletown, Ohio, decades before he would be sworn in as vice president. Dobbins lived two doors down from Vance's grandmother − affectionately known as "Mamaw" − and he called her a "tough bird" who pushed her grandson to do well and stay out of trouble.

NEW YORK (AP) — As he prepares to become the nation’s first millennial vice president, JD Vance is already the presumptive heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement.

An ardent builder of the new conservative America First intellectual ecosystem, Vance will closely engage with nationalist conservatives of all stripes

JD Vance was sworn in as the United States vice president on Monday with his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and their three young children by his side.

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a country located on the outer

EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, print and digital media outlets, dedicated to reporting the truth in light of the Gospel and the Catholic Church. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to address the March for Life rally in Washington D.C. on Friday.

Close's life has not always been so peaceful. The "Hillbilly Elegy" star was infamously known to be a member of the Moral Re-Armament cult. During Close's interview with WSJ, she explained that ...

Gabriel Basso said he doesn’t have any regrets about portraying Vice President JD Vance in “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2020 film based on Vance’s 2016 memoir of the same name. “At the time, he wasn’t even in politics,

Gabriel Basso looks for fights both on the "The Night Agent" set and the kickboxing arena no matter what it does to his face. "I have other skills."