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YLJ has dozens of editors per the source linked later. It might be leadworthy if he was the EIC. However, "an editor" might be better suited for the body to describe his activities at Yale.
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[[File:Small Talks DC- Securing the American Dream for Young Children (37629711710) (a).jpg|thumb|Vance in 2017]]
 
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''Hillbilly Elegy'' was on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in [[The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2016|2016]] and [[The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2017|2017]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "one of the six best books to help understand Trump's win",<ref name="6 Books2">{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2016 |title=6 Books to Help Understand Trump's Win |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/books/6-books-to-help-understand-trumps-win.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215222900/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/books/6-books-to-help-understand-trumps-win.html |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called Vance the "voice of the Rust Belt",.<ref name="Washington Post 2017-02-06">{{Cite news |last=Heller |first=Karen |date=February 6, 2017 |title='Hillbilly Elegy' made J.D. Vance the voice of the Rust Belt. But does he want that job? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hillbilly-elegy-made-jd-vance-the-voice-of-the-rust-belt-but-does-he-want-that-job/2017/02/06/fa6cd63c-e882-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125133721/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hillbilly-elegy-made-jd-vance-the-voice-of-the-rust-belt-but-does-he-want-that-job/2017/02/06/fa6cd63c-e882-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> whileIn ''[[The New Republic]]'', Sarah Jones criticized himVance as a "liberalfalse media'sprophet favoriteof [[whiteblue trashAmerica]]–splainer", anddescribing the book as "falselittle prophetmore than a list of myths about [[bluewelfare Americaqueen]].s".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Sarah |date=November 17, 2016 |title=J.D. Vance, the False Prophet of Blue America |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/138717/jd-vance-false-prophet-blue-america |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317235304/https://newrepublic.com/article/138717/jd-vance-false-prophet-blue-america |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |magazine=[[The New Republic]]}}</ref> Economist [[William Easterly]], a [[West Virginia]] native, criticized the book, writing: "Sloppy analysis of collections of people—coastal elites, flyover America, Muslims, immigrants, people without college degrees, you name it—has become routine. And it's killing our politics."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Easterly |first=William |date=December 16, 2016 |title=Stereotypes Are Poisoning American Politics |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2016-12-16/stereotypes-are-poisoning-american-politics?sref=RGkt8hNg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115152947/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-16/stereotypes-are-poisoning-american-politics |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=January 1, 2023 |work=[[Bloomberg View]]}}</ref>
 
Vance was a [[CNN]] contributor in early 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2018 |title=Rebel Yale: Reading and Feeling 'Hillbilly Elegy' |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebel-yale-reading-feeling-hillbilly-elegy |last1=Sinykin |first1=Dan |last2=Dore |first2=Florence |last3=Connor |first3=J.D. |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Review of Books]] |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227232747/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebel-yale-reading-feeling-hillbilly-elegy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Katz |first=A. J. |date=January 17, 2017 |title=CNN Strengthens its Roster of Commentators and Contributors |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-bolsters-its-roster-of-commentators-and-contributors/317459 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408055800/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-bolsters-its-roster-of-commentators-and-contributors/317459/ |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2017 |work=[[AdWeek]]}}</ref> In April 2017, [[Ron Howard]] signed on to direct the film version of ''Hillbilly Elegy'', which was released in select theaters on November 11, 2020. It was released on [[Netflix]] for streaming.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2020 |title=Amy Adams and Glenn Close Are Unrecognizable in Thrilling First Trailer for Netflix's Hillbilly Elegy |url=https://people.com/movies/amy-adams-glenn-close-netfli-hillbilly-elegy-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716075709/https://people.com/movies/amy-adams-glenn-close-netfli-hillbilly-elegy-trailer/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=Peoplemag}}</ref>