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
So I was learning all this hillbilly music with my uncle, and then I focused on being an awesome guitar player.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
Across the pastures, the incredible vulgarity of highly amplified hillbilly music drifted from the cafe on the highway.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
"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
From the moment I learned about hillbillies as a child, I was entranced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
“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
