JD Vance joked about Diet Mountain Dew being racist at his 1st solo rally since becoming Trump's VP. But the Ohio senator used to take the issue more seriously. In "Hillbilly Elegy," he even wrote ...

JD Vance's joke tying racism to Tennessee's own Diet Mountain Dew made national news because pundits said, frankly, it came off as a little weird. But let's get to the heart of the issue. Why is the ...

In Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir about Mountain Dew Mouth, pharmaceuticals, and blue-collar jobs that no longer exist, J.D. Vance notes that in 1984 his grandfather cast a ballot for Ronald Reagan. He ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the leading contenders to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, apologized this week for something he ...

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