 He's been doing his show on WORD along with me every day from the convention. Check out what J.D. Vance, who gave the big speech last night that everybody was waiting for, said about his upbringing. Remember, he's the author of Hillbilly Elegy. He calls himself a hillbilly from a family of hillbillies, and this is what he said about his beloved Meemaw who raised him. My mammal died shortly before I left for Iraq in 2005.