JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ to Trump’s VP pick: Actors vs. real-life counterparts in Netflix drama
nypost.comJD Vance, 39, is back in the spotlight after Donald Trump announced on Monday that Vance would be his running mate in the VP spot on his ticket in the 2024 Presidential race.
Vance first rose to fame for his bestselling controversial 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” about his life growing up in Appalachia, which Ron Howard adapted into a movie in 2020 (now streaming on Netflix).
Its views have gone up 1000% since Monday. At the time that “Hillbilly Elegy” came out, it didn’t get a glowing reception. The Atlantic deemed it “one of the worst movies of the year” while the A.V.
Club called it “bootstrapping poverty porn” that “reinforces the stereotypes it insists it’s illuminating.” The Post film critic Johnny Oleksinski called it “exploitative” and “just a vehicle for awards-hungry actors to showboat.” Still, it earned Oscar nominations — Best Supporting Actress for Glenn Close, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
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