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doc03

(36,181 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:51 PM Jul 26

About this so called hillbilly. His real name is [View all]

James Donald Bowman. His maternal grandparents moved from Kentucy to Middletown Ohio in 1940. Both James Donald and his mother were born in Middletown Ohio. Middletown Ohio is not in Appalachia it's pretty
much flatland, he is a fake hillbilly. His father deserted them his mother was an adict and he was raised by his grandparents.

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About this so called hillbilly. His real name is [View all] doc03 Jul 26 OP

I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a dick.n/t Dennis Donovan Jul 26 #1

He sure is a Shady character. Dave Bowman Jul 26 #2

Shady Vance is a good substitute for JD peggysue2 Jul 26 #22

he is trash no matter where he is from Skittles Jul 26 #3

+1 Dave Bowman Jul 26 #6

Post removed Post removed Jul 26 #37

... William769 Jul 26 #39

LOL Skittles Jul 26 #41

Effing troll Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 26 #43

He's as much of a con as his "mentor" tRump...... a kennedy Jul 26 #4

His grandmother tried to set his grandpa on fire crazylikafox Jul 26 #5

The surname on his High School diploma is rogerashton Jul 26 #7

I wonder if he got his idea for his book from doc03 Jul 26 #8

Here's a Bluegrass version rogerashton Jul 26 #33

I did a search the other day, Appalachia does not run through Ohio. He may have lived in a very poor area, but it is debm55 Jul 26 #9

I have always heard southeast Ohio and considered doc03 Jul 26 #11

I live in Southwestern PA and it is poor. area. But the Mountains do not go through the area. I wish he would stop debm55 Jul 26 #14

Geographically eastern Ohio and western PA are not in the Appalachian Mountains doc03 Jul 26 #32

me too et tu Jul 26 #45

He doesn't claim Middletown is Appalachia. maxsolomon Jul 26 #13

Agree. I went to college at PennState in central PA Those people in the surrounding areas could be called Appalachian debm55 Jul 26 #16

He got his degree through a DEI program I bet nt doc03 Jul 26 #34

I paid for mine myself. Parents said college was a waste of time for girls. and refused to help me. debm55 Jul 26 #38

Southeastern Ohio is in the Appalachian foothills and it is considered a part of Appalachia. doc03 Jul 26 #28

It does run into Ohio. Celerity Jul 26 #15

Literally posting the ARC map at the same time; *raises a glass* Alice B. Jul 26 #18

Yes. Those are subregions , But the Mountains themselves do no run through Ohio. debm55 Jul 26 #19

I was not speaking to the level of mountainous terrain, I was showing that Appalachia as a region does extend Celerity Jul 26 #23

Thank you. debm55 Jul 26 #26

Thank you it is a better map than I posted. nt doc03 Jul 26 #36

Apparently he's claiming Appalachia because he visited family back in Eastern Kentucky some summers. summer_in_TX Jul 26 #47

Sounds like he's as much a "hillbilly" as Robert James Ritchie is a "redneck". nt Carlitos Brigante Jul 26 #10

He isn't claiming that Middletown is Appalachia. maxsolomon Jul 26 #12

I read his book and watched the movie. Both stunk. I am hard pressed to say I am a Hillbilly. I was taken aback at debm55 Jul 26 #20

Yes, Cincinnati is full of Appalachian descent folk. Celerity Jul 26 #21

One more time, with feeling: Appalachia stretches from the Deep South into NY (and yes, a little bit of Ohio, too) Alice B. Jul 26 #17

I thank you for the links. I looked at the second link and I am very familiar with a alot of the areas. TY But we debm55 Jul 26 #24

Cheers! Alice B. Jul 26 #25

He says his grandparents saved him and he reveres them. viva la Jul 26 #27

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JD vishnura Jul 26 #30

JD Vance or whats his name today. vishnura Jul 26 #31

JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman? And he changed his name? THREE TIMES? LetMyPeopleVote Jul 26 #35

Hus mother was a nurse and stole her patients' pain meds obamanut2012 Jul 26 #40

I am a hillbilly. kentuck Jul 26 #42

TY for clarification. The one thing I learned a bit about from Vance's book was out-migration... Hekate Jul 26 #48

The Post had a long article about Vance. He spent a lot of time at his grandparents place in Kentucky because his Martin68 Jul 26 #44

A friend loaned the book to me to read as soon as it came out. kentuck Jul 26 #46