While Vance may have had a very rough childhood in Appalachia, the thing that struck me the most ... For these reasons, my ...

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 ...

And so I learned a lot about how Peter Thiel was really fundamental in Vance's growth from sort of his hillbilly, Appalachian sort of self-identification, when he was at Yale to becoming this new ...

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.