hillbilly
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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
He falsely introduces himself to his Yale classmates as “a conservative hillbilly from Appalachia.”
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2024
Benny Maestas joined them with little L-arry Mondragon, who immediately hit up the soft-hearted hillbilly for a quarter.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
"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
“Not many hillbillies got a Louis Armstrong cut, but we did,” he winked.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
“Of course you know we hillbillies need MusiCares too,” Parton said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
