In 2016, as Americans questioned why so many had voted for Donald Trump to become America’s 45th president – and again, how ...

JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and current US Senator from Ohio, is in the spotlight as Donald Trump’s running mate for ...

Ohio Sen. JD Vance could be the next vice president of the United States if former President Donald Trump defeats Vice ...

Another, longer-term threat hangs over Zimmerman: Appalachia’s hardwood industry comprising loggers, sawmills, truckers and manufacturers is struggling to survive.

Learn about Appalachian and Welsh post-coal societies and explore the ways communities in both countries responded socially, culturally, and economically to coal boom and bust cycles. Learn about the ...

JD Vance has carved a unique path from his upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, to New York Times bestselling author of Hillbilly ...

UNAKA MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — On a mountaintop mantled in moss and nearly century-old red spruce, the Appalachian Trail now simply disappears. For lengthy stretches, it lies under tangles of trees ...

JD Vance calls him his “British Sherpa.” Cambridge professor James Orr is a philosopher-theologian and mentor to Donald Trump’s running mate. NPR visits his home in rural England to talk about Vance.

Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance is someone we associate with Appalachia. He grew up in southwest Ohio and wrote a best-selling memoir about it called "Hillbilly Elegy." But Vance's political ...