32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares

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Apr 30, 2020138:38Society & Culture

It is said that there is not one American dream but many, and few have lived more than JD Vance. Growing up in Appalachia on the border between poverty and the lower working class, JD knew economic fear first hand as wel...

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