In the heart of Appalachia, a distant cousin of JD Vance leads an opposing 'authentic hillbilly' movement
Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month ... a collection of essays called "Appalachian Reckoning" ...
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JD Vance's Appalachia controversy explained
Many Appalachian residents and writers ... Steve Williams, a Democrat running for governor of West Virginia, reacted on X. "I read 'Hillbilly Elegy.' It drove me crazy," he wrote.