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J.D. Vance, born on August 2, 1984, is an American author and venture capitalist. He gained national recognition with his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," which explores the socio-economic challenges of his Appalachian upbringing. This book became a New York Times bestseller and was later adapted into a film in 2020. more J.D. Vance, born on August 2, 1984, is an American author and venture capitalist. He gained national recognition with his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," which explores the socio-economic challenges of his Appalachian upbringing. This book became a New York Times bestseller and was later adapted into a film in 2020. Before his literary success, Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps and earned a degree from Yale Law School in 2013. In addition to his writing, he has worked in venture capital, contributing to the growth of various technology startups. In 2022, Vance was elected as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, marking his entry into politics. less

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"The family has always been at the center of Appalachian life"
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"Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities"
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"The American dream of today is not about a house with a white picket fence"
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"Even though we had no connection to the original ghetto, we lived in a ghetto of our own"
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"There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites"
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"Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us."
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"These problems were not created by government action, or government inaction. We created them, and only we can fix them"
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"Whenever people ask me what I'd most like to change about the white working class, I say, "The feeling that our choices don't matter"
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"To them, poverty is the family tradition"
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"I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamn people on this earth"
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"Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith."
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"There is a cultural movement willing to blame everyone except the people who actually live in these communities."
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