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"Hillbilly Elegy" later turned into a Netflix feature film of the same name. The movie inspired by Vance's book released to Netflix in 2020. Directed by Ron Howard, it stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

He added that Vance showed little interest in politics during the making of the movie. "Well, we didn’t talk a lot of politics when we were making the movie because I was interested in his ...