Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, ...

“Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, and white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.” — J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” I remember reading this line of Vance’s memoir for my history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Downtown Logan, W.Va., once a booming center of economic activity because of the coal mining industry. (Roger May / For The Times) ...

In our nation’s early years, those who lived in isolated areas of the Appalachian Mountains were called mountaineers. However ...

Ohio Senator and author J.D. Vance (in May 2024) and the cover of his book 'Hillbilly Elegy' The memoir, billed as “the true story of what a social, regional and class decline feels like when you were ...

Oscar Uhalde graduated high school in Athens, and is currently a freshman at Columbia University studying political science. In an age of increasingly shifting demographics, Democrats and Republicans ...

A Fox News guest called Vice President JD Vance a “hillbilly” during a heated exchange over federal law enforcement immunity following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and ...

The last column I wrote before taking summer break was on newly chosen Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, Ohio’s first-term U.S. senator from Middletown. In the weeks since then, Vance ...

In 2016, as Americans questioned why so many had voted for Donald Trump to become America’s 45th president – and again, how he was re-elected this week, JD Vance’s book appeared to have all the ...

A Fox News guest questioned Vice President JD Vance’s “hillbilly values” during a tense discussion about political protests and immunity for federal agents on Sunday. Corbin Trent, Rep. Alexandria ...

Downtown Logan, W.Va., once a booming center of economic activity because of the coal mining industry. (Roger May / For The Times) Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month for a ...