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Showing Original Post only (View all)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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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 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
Agree. I went to college at PennState in central PA Those people in the surrounding areas could be called Appalachian
debm55
Jul 26
#16
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
I was not speaking to the level of mountainous terrain, I was showing that Appalachia as a region does extend
Celerity
Jul 26
#23
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
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
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
JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman? And he changed his name? THREE TIMES?
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 26
#35
TY for clarification. The one thing I learned a bit about from Vance's book was out-migration...
Hekate
Jul 26
#48