‘Hillbilly Elegy’ at 10: Prologue to a Political Takeover
The vice president’s memoir was the first trumpet blast for a new generation’s politics. The post ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ at 10: Prologue to a Political Takeover appeared first on The American Conservative .
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Politics ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ at 10: Prologue to a Political Takeover The vice president’s memoir was the first trumpet blast for a new generation’s politics. Robert Ordway Jun 25, 2026 12:01 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Ten years ago this month Hillbilly Elegy was released. A few weeks later, Rod Dreher gave the little-known author J.D. Vance a national platform with his review and subsequent interview that crashed The American Conservative’s website. Not only did Vance’s book explain an undercurrent of frustration among the white working class; it also exposed a cluelessness among elites, unaware of the Big Sort bubble they created, as evidenced by their bewilderment when Donald Trump won the presidency later that year.
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