Hillbilly to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio
DAN SEWELL, Associated Press
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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 University s student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trump s 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/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9In this April 9, 2021, photo Terry Stephens, a sales worker at Ritchies Pawn Central, a store that was mentioned in J.D. Vance s book Hillbilly Elegy , talks about him while at the store counter in Middleton, Ohio. He said Vance has accomplished a lot but he is a Democrat, Vance is a Republican. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trump s popularity among the Appalach
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 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%.”
‘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 University s student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trump s 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. (AP Photo/Dan Sewell, File)
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he’s got what it takes to be a U.S. senator.
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%.”
Muterspaw’s view is at the heart of the fiercest political debate in Ohio. With his 2016 book, Vance helped explain to the nation Donald Trump’s popularity among the white Appalachian working class of his upbringing. Now at 36, the bestselling author is considering whether he can win the votes of the people he claims to know so well.
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