J.D. Vance, author of the book “Hillbilly Elegy,” poses for a portrait photograph near the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2017. Vance has become the nation’s go-to angry, white, rural translator. The book has sold almost half a million copies since late June. Vance, a product of rural Ohio, a former Marine and Yale School grad, has the nation’s top-selling book. He’s become a CNN commentator, in-demand speaker, and plans to move back to Ohio from SF where he’s worked as a principal in an investment firm.
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