Author

Books by J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and Jackson, Kentucky, and served in the Marine Corps before attending Ohio State University and Yale Law School. Hillbilly Elegy, published in 2016, was his first book. After practicing law and working in venture capital in San Francisco and then Ohio, he entered politics, winning election to the US Senate from Ohio in 2022 and becoming the 50th Vice President of the United States in January 2025. The book was adapted into a Netflix film in 2020.