J.D. Vance writes memoir and political commentary about family, class and American social change. Hillbilly Elegy recounts his childhood between Ohio and Kentucky, family instability, military service and later education, using his own history to make broader arguments about white working-class communities in Appalachia and the industrial Midwest. The book combines memoir with interpretation rather than functioning as a neutral sociological study, and its generalisations have been widely debated. Vance's later public writing is more explicitly political. His prose is direct and argument-led. His work fits memoir, class-focused social commentary and contemporary American political non-fiction. Hillbilly Elegy is the central book-length entry point and should be read as personal interpretation as well as autobiography. Read more Less
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