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
However, Vance has also described himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart" in the past, with his ancestors having moved to the Appalachian region in the US more than three centuries ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
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
The discourse around "hillbillies" shifts according to the country's mood.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2020
“They assumed we were two hillbillies in a pickup truck, as opposed to business owners,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2019
“The people up here, even the hillbillies like me, we would go down with our guns and stand outside the front gate of Islamberg to protect them,” Lonsberry said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 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
