Hillbilly Elegy (Vance) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1984
• Born—Middletown, Ohio, USA
• Education—B.A., Ohio State Universtiy; J.D., Yale University
• Currently—lives in San Francisco, California


J.D. Vance grew up in the Rust Belt city of Middletown, Ohio, and spent many summers in the Appalachian town of Jackson, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and served in Iraq. A graduate of the Ohio State University and Yale Law School, he has contributed to the National Review and is a principal at a leading Silicon Valley investment firm. Vance lives in San Francisco with his wife and two dogs. (From the publisher.)