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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Viewership Jumps 1,000% After J.D. Vance Named Trump’s Vice President Pick, Hitting 164,000 Views
'Hillbilly Elegy' jumped by more than 1,000% on Monday after J.D. Vance was announced as Donald Trump's pick for vice president.
Upon its release in 2016, Vance’s memoir was widely discussed as giving context for why working class white voters may have been attracted to Trump. The film debuted on Netflix in November 2020 after a limited theatrical run and received negative reviews.Variety wrote that Gabriel Basso’s portrayal of Vance was “so wholesomely likable that the fate of his soul never seems at stake. Alongside Basso, the cast includes Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins and Owen Asztalos.
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