Maniacs: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 13-15, at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Alternative rock.

One of the towering fingers in modern American folk, the extent of Woody Guthrie's songbook has often been the subject of great scrutiny.

Highlights for Jan. 23-29 include Kelsea Ballerini, Kerry King, Leftover Salmon, Urban Hillbilly Quartet and the Current’s 20th birthday parties.

Before Vance was a couple of steps away from the most powerful position in the world, he was just a self-proclaimed “hillbilly” raised in the Appalachian mountains, living in poverty ...

I doubt that many progressives in the United States have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Being based in the Philippines, a country located on the outer fringes of the empire, I certainly was ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WDTN) — Vice President JD Vance’s journey to the White House took an unusual route, but now the Middletown native finds himself serving in the second-highest seat in the country.

Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.

But others feel lingering embarrassment over Vance’s unflattering portrayal of Middletown in his best-selling memoir, “ Hillbilly Elegy ” or trepidation about Donald Trump’s second White ...

Pic: Reuters This is how JD Vance took his experiences as a self-proclaimed hillbilly and used them to write a bestselling book and propel himself to the top of politics. In his 2016 memoir ...