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Geological 'trawl' pours cold water on JD Vance’s claim as 'Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart'

Summary by Alternet
A “trawl of genealogy records” has called into question Vice President JD Vance’s self-declared status as a “Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart,” the Times reports. Vance, in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, declared, “To understand me, you must understand that I am a Scots-Irish ­hillbilly at heart.” But, according to a report commissioned by a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) minister, Vance lacks “‘a conclusive family link’ to Northern Ireland…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, May 26, 2025.
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