Vance, 39, is a first-term senator who gained prominence after authoring his 2016 memoir, " Hillbilly Elegy ."
The book describes his journey from an impoverished childhood to Yale Law School, and was used among media pundits to explain Trump's popularity among white, rural America in 2016.
According to the Netflix synopsis , "a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he’s tried to forget."
USA TODAY reviewed the movie as "well-acted ... though its disconnected story is what’s unfortunately lamentable." Others criticized the film as portraying only stereotypes about Appalachia and being exploitative of its residents.
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