hillbilly
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Compare that to America’s most famous self-proclaimed hillbilly, Vice President JD Vance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
Mr Walz becomes the second running mate with claimed ancestry from the island in this year's presidential election, after Donald Trump announced 'Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart' JD Vance as his pick for vice-president.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
It was on the second album, and it was the only slow song they ever did; it sounded almost country, probably from Henry’s brief infatuation with hillbilly punk.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
"It's cool there's a spot for hillbillies like me," says Top.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Others accepted Vance but don’t like him, mainly because his book criticizes hillbillies for their “bad choices” and flawed culture and celebrates his own desperate escape out of it.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Of course you know we hillbillies need MusiCares too,” Parton said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
Li’l Abner Musical Theatre West offers a staged reading of this musical adaptation of the Al Capp comics about the lives of hillbillies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
With just 10 days left, few self-described hillbillies in southwest Virginia are undecided.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2012
