THREE KEY FACTS: JD Vance is the Republican Party’s nominee for vice-president in the 2024 United States presidential election. He released a memoir in 2016 titled Hillbilly Elegy which detailed his life growing up in Middletown, Ohio. Hillbilly Elegy surged to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list on Monday after Vance was selected as Donald Trump’s running mate.
Sophia Nguyen is the news and features writer for the Books section at The Washington Post. She previously served as assistant editor on the National Politics desk and as an assistant editor for Outlook and PostEverything. OPINION When JD Vance burst onto the scene with his memoir in 2016, he was a different person.
America was different, too..
