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Massive 㽶ƵֱHillbilly Elegy㽶Ƶֱ reprint run to meet demand for VP candidate㽶Ƶֱs book

Trump running mate JD Vance came to prominence with his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016
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FILE - J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and author of 㽶ƵֱHillbilly Elegy,㽶Ƶֱ holds his book as he speaks with supporters after a rally on July 1, 2021, in Middletown, Ohio, where he announced he is joining the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat. Sen. Vance, R-Ohio, sharply criticized Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle, before changing course and embracing the former president. Vance is now one of Trump㽶Ƶֱs fiercest allies and defenders and among those short-listed to be Trump㽶Ƶֱs vice presidential pick. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

Former President as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for 㽶ƵֱHillbilly Elegy,㽶Ƶֱ his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016.

A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 600,000 copies have been sold since Trump㽶Ƶֱs announcement on July 15. The total includes physical books, audio books and e-books.

㽶ƵֱWe are printing hundreds of thousands of copies to fill the demand at our retail partners,㽶Ƶֱ the publisher announced Thursday.

Vance㽶Ƶֱs book already was a million seller before Trump chose him for the Republican ticket. 㽶ƵֱHillbilly Elegy,㽶Ƶֱ which Ron Howard adapted into a feature film released in 2020, tells of Vance㽶Ƶֱs childhood in Ohio and his family㽶Ƶֱs roots in rural Kentucky.

After Trump㽶Ƶֱs stunning victory in 2016, as essential reading for Trump opponents trying to understand his appeal to working class whites, even as some critics faulted at as a narrow and misleading portrait of Appalachia and of poverty in the U.S.





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