There are SO many better books to read than JD Vance's.

Sarah Smarsh, Heartland: A Memoir of Working HArd and Being Broke in the Richest Country On Earth

Anything by Joe Bageant, like "Deer Hunting with Jesus"

a great sociological read: Paula Dail's "Hard Living in America's Heartland," about rural poverty. I come from the country and this book gets it RIGHT ON.

Happy reading. Look away from JD Vance, he just wants attention.