"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to Netflix in 2020. Directed by Ron Howard, it stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close. Vance's character is played by Gabriel Basso. Owen Asztalos also plays the younger version of him.

JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former senator from Ohio who was tapped as presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate this summer, grew up in Middletown, Ohio, as he details in his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ."

Sen. Bernie Moreno gifted the Vice President-elect with a personalized No. 1 Ohio State jersey featuring "Vance" on the back, a spokesperson for Moreno told the Enquirer.

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.

A view looking west on 17th St. from Verity Parkway, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)

JD Vance — a now-former U.S. Senator raised in Middletown — will take his oath of office Monday alongside President-elect Donald Trump to become the first Ohioan to serve as vice president of the United States.

CINCINNATI (WXIX/CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) - JD Vance is now vice president of the United States. Vance took the Oath of Office shortly before noon Monday.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) - Seven “Hometown of JD Vance” road signs are going up in Middletown to honor it as the vice-president-elect’s hometown, city officials tell FOX19 NOW. Seven signs will be installed on Tuesday, Jan. 21, one day after Vance and President-Elect Donald Trump are inaugurated in Washington D.C. according to a city spokesman.

Middletown will put up signs that read, “Hometown of J.D. Vance, 50th Vice President of the United States of America,” the day after Vance is sworn in. The signs will be located at the following locations: On eastbound Central Avenue at Carmody Boulevard (entering from Madison Township)

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her ... portrayal of Middletown in his best-selling memoir, “ Hillbilly Elegy ” or trepidation about Donald Trump’s second White House term ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her ... portrayal of Middletown in his best-selling memoir, “ Hillbilly Elegy ” or trepidation about Donald Trump's second White House term ...

At the former Ohio senator ‘s invitation ... because of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and all that.” In his 2016 book, Vance was not kind to Middletown. He recalled that kids “derisively called ...