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Hillbilly Elegy
July 9, 2021
Alex Shephard
J.D. Vance’s Senate Campaign Is Off to a Humiliating Start
The “Hillbilly Elegy” author spent the first week of his campaign apologizing for his past criticism of Trump. He’s going to have to grovel even more if he hopes to defeat the Forever Trumpers he’s up against.
May 27, 2021
Timothy Noah
Who Does J.D. Vance Think He’s Fooling?
I am a fan of “Hillbilly Elegy”—even the movie!—but I can no longer admire the plutocratic fraud that its author has become.
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