hillbilly
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Compare that to America’s most famous self-proclaimed hillbilly, Vice President JD Vance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Or as Vance once put it: "To understand me, you must understand that I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
Benny Maestas joined them with little L-arry Mondragon, who immediately hit up the soft-hearted hillbilly for a quarter.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
"It's cool there's a spot for hillbillies like me," says Top.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
From the moment I learned about hillbillies as a child, I was entranced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
The discourse around "hillbillies" shifts according to the country's mood.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2020
“The people up here, even the hillbillies like me, we would go down with our guns and stand outside the front gate of Islamberg to protect them,” Lonsberry said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2019
With just 10 days left, few self-described hillbillies in southwest Virginia are undecided.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2012
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