People in Appalachia are talking about "Hillbilly Elegy" ‒ and not all of them kindly. Ohio Sen. JD Vance's bestselling memoir, which thrust him into the spotlight in 2016, gained renewed ...

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

Hillbilly Days is back! The annual festivities kicked off Thursday in downtown Pikeville for another year of good times for a ...

As spring has officially arrived and cabin fever is setting in, the annual Hillbilly Days Festival will be filling the ...

It is already happening. Various carnival units have started filling the upper end of the Riverfill parking lot near the cinemas in preparation for this week’s Hillbilly Days Festival.

Unlike the tin roofed shanty shown in the Appalachian hills on the cover of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, Vance’s Middletown home is listed as a 3 to 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2,000 square foot residence.

An instant bestseller, Hillbilly Elegy told the story of ... have taken issue with how he seems to stereotype the people of Appalachia in his memoir, painting them as ignorant and lazy while ...