The feature film version of Hillbilly Elegy — the Ron Howard-directed movie based on JD Vance’s memoir of the same name — has skyrocketed in popularity on Netflix, being featured on the app’s landing page and immediately drawing viewer attention and derision. No shortage of Netflix users were thrilled to see Vance’s real-life portrayed hardships coming just hours after he rose to broad national prominence after former President Donald Trump chose him to be his 2024 running mate, as Breitbart News reported . Vance published Hillbilly Elegy — which vividly recounts his impoverished upbringing in the Rust Belt — in 2016.
It details a life that took in service in the U.S. Marine Corps and duty in the Iraq War before returning to the U.
S. Vance then went on to graduate from Ohio State University before earning his law degree from Harvard Law School. According to ABC News , Hillbilly Elegy has sold 1.
6 million copies to date. Vance was elected to his U.S.
Senate seat in 2022 and his life story is now drawing more admirers than ever before as Netflix users were thrilled to see his real-life hardships. J.D.
Vance's ‘Hillbilly Elegy' is #4 on Netflix Charts — World of Reel https://t.co/d7TfAayRs8 — DSP (@DonnaPence5) July 18, 2024 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Last night, I watched the #Netflix movie based on the book "Hillbilly Elegy" to gain an insight into vice presidential candidate @JDVance1 . The story of his Appalachian upbringing is profound—to say #JDV.