While J.D. Vance jumped into the national spotlight when former President Trump announced him on Monday as his running mate, he first rose to fame as the bestselling author of 2016’s “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.
” Now, Americans hoping to learn more about the vice presidential candidate are turning to his book — and its Netflix movie adaptation — to get a peek at his upbringing. According to data tracking firm Luminate , U.S.
viewership for the film grew by more than 1,180% on Netflix. The movie was watched for 19.2 million minutes on Monday, the day of Trump’s announcement, compared with 1.
5 million minutes on Sunday, per Luminate. The drama earned a spot on Netflix’s daily top 10 list . It is the streaming giant’s fourth-most-streamed movie in the U.
S. as of Wednesday — rising from sixth on Tuesday. Netflix publishes its weekly top 10 list on Tuesdays, so the Ron Howard-directed movie’s spike will count toward next week’s edition.
The paperback and hardcover versions of the 2016 memoir now occupy the top two spots on the Amazon bestsellers list . Libraries are also seeing increased demand for the book. A representative for audiobook and e-book lending app Libby — which is available in more than 90% of public libraries in North America — told The Times there was a more than 900% increase in checkouts of the title.
To meet the demand, library purchases from Libby have increased 100 times. In the book, the Ohio senator .
