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 ...

Footage from Junior Walker’s Youtube channel documenting surface mines. This shot is Crescent II mine in May 2024, permit S502007. “We’ll show these fascists what a couple a hillbillies can do.” – ...

HAZARD, Ky. -- CBS is scouring my county for "The Real Beverly Hillbillies." Evidently, Les Moonves, CEO of CBS, thinks families who have struggled with poverty for generations and overcome obstacles ...

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele described the match-up between vice presidential candidates Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as a contrast between ...

Riley Crabtree is a Columbus Dispatch opinion writer. The first-generation college student was raised near Jackson, Ohio and attends Miami University. Like JD Vance, I am from the great state of Ohio.