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... ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author JD Vance May See Next Chapter Focus on Run for Ohio’s U.S. Senate Seat Apr 18, 2021 FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, J.D. Vance, author of the best-selling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a photograph at Miami Universitys student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trumps popularity among the Appalachian working class, is "thinking seriously" about running for the U.S. Senate seat Republican two...

In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, J.D. Vance, author of the bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a photograph at Miami Universitys student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trumps popularity among the Appalachian working class, is "thinking seriously" about running for the U.S. Senate seat Republican two-term incumbent Rob Portman decided against seeking again in 2022. (Dan Sewell | AP Photo, File) MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Rodney Muterspa...

Hillbilly to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio DAN SEWELL, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, J.D. Vance, author of the best-selling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a photograph at Miami Universitys student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trumps popularity among the Appalachian working class, is "thinking seriously" about running for the U.S. Senate seat Republican two-...

Hillbilly Elegy author eyes Senate bid in Ohio J.D. Vance says he is “thinking seriously” about running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Rob Portman in 2022. Author: DAN SEWELL (Associated Press) Published: 4:09 PM EDT April 16, 2021 Updated: 4:09 PM EDT April 16, 2021 MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown hes got what it takes to be a U.S. senator. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” autho...

‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio By Dan Sewell - Associated Press FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, J.D. Vance, author of the best-selling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a photograph at Miami Universitys student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trumps popularity among the Appalachian working class, is "thinking seriously" about running for the U.S. Senate seat Republican two-term incumbent Rob Portman dec...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he’s got what it takes to be a U.S. senator. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and a fellow Middletown native, broke out of poverty and family chaos and never forgot his Appalachian roots on his way to success. “I think he can talk in a way that the average person can understand,” said the retired police chief, who, like Vance, has eastern Kentucky roots. “I’m a hillbilly, and I understand him 100%.�...

Miami University’s new virtual event series, “Dialogues Concerning Democracy,” began on Feb. 22 with a lecture on the roots of the Jim Crow era.