Soaring popularity of Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' rebuts narrative that Trump VP pick is floundering
Vance's memoir reclaimed the top spot on major bestseller lists this week
By Brooke Singman Fox News
Published August 1, 2024 3:28pm EDT
Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s "Hillbilly Elegy" returned to the top spot as the No. 1 bestselling book in the U.S. this week — and sources close to the campaign told Fox News Digital it shows that voters are interested in getting to know former President Trump’s running mate.
Vance’s memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," which was originally published in June 2016, reclaimed the top spot on major bestseller lists this week, including The New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly and USA Today.
A film adaption of the memoir, released in 2020, also has seen an uptick in viewership since Trump named Vance his running mate. The film has shot up to the No. 9 spot on Netflix’s list of top 10 movies. A source familiar told Fox News Digital that viewers have watched nearly six million hours of the film.
Vance’s commercial success comes as pundits and many on the left have criticized him in recent days about a 2021 comment he made about women without children.
But a source close to the Trump campaign said the renewed success of "Hillbilly Elegy" just shows that "everyday Americans are rushing to get copies of his personal memoir to get to know the man based on his own words — without any media filter."
"The mainstream media has been pulling their hair out, insisting JD Vance had a historically bad week on the campaign trail," said a source close to the Trump campaign. "In reality, millions of people who have completely lost faith in the media have rushed to buy copies of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ or gathered with their family to watch the movie at home."
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