So did I. I grew up in the “most educated” city in America. I’ve really not seen this. Those I grew up with have strong opinions about my choice to work on oil rigs in Saudi Arabia but have been quite consistent in wanting job-, employment-, training- and relocation assistance for West Virginia coal workers. Who are quite white, statistically.
I have no idea who JD Vance is and I asked two-handfuls of my degrees friends, they haven’t heard either. Your impression of the situation doesn’t seem to resonate with my reality at all.
He wrote Hillbilly Elegy which was a NYTimes #1 bestseller, an Oprah book club pick, and sold over a million copies.
It also go made into a movie by Netflix.
He's now running for Senate in Ohio where he stands a decent chance of winning (though Josh Mandel is probably the current frontrunner).