By filling the vacuum of recognition of Appalachia, he used the region to his and the Republican Party’s benefit without ...

Educators in Appalachian Kentucky ... The National Rural Education Foundation flagged Kentucky's educational outcomes as "urgent" and linked to poverty, lack of internet access and other resources ...

which made it easier for people to continue ignoring the larger issues that create and maintain rural poverty.” There are also those who have discredited Vance’s Appalachian roots — as ...

J.D. Vance's claim to fame was his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," in which he painted a polarizing picture of Appalachia ... of poor rural white people.

Vance kickstarted his public career with the memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," detailing his upbringing in a poverty-stricken ... especially in rural areas. For example, a lot of Appalachia lacks basic ...

received $122,000 to fund an initiative to encourage best practices for waste management by improving recycling and composting techniques in 14 Appalachian counties ... and high-speed internet access ...