J.D. Vance: 2017 National Book Festival
J.D.Vance discusses "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" with David M. Rubenstein at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: The author of the New York Times No.1 best-selling "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis", J.D.Vance was raised in the southwestern Ohio city of Middletown and the Appalachian town of Jackson, Kentucky.His book has struck a chord in the national zeitgeist.Vance writes sympathetically about the poverty and low wages in the places where he grew up while simultaneously raising questions about personal responsibility. For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...

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