During weeks leading up to and after the presidential
election, I read J.D. Vance’s much-talked-about memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. The book had shot to the top of the bestseller
lists before the election, and in the wake of Trump’s victory, Vance has been a
go-to commentator for an East Coast media desperately searching for someone who
understands what makes the rest of the country tick.
