JD Vance's boyhood mistaken gay confession story smacks of head-spinning inflation

CARROLL, Iowa —

In reading the-then (and now-again) publishing sensation 'Hillbilly Elegy" eight years ago as it announced a culture-crashing new voice I found myself stopping at points in the book, both angry and doubtful of its author's authenticity.

I'd intended to fiercely pan “Hillbilly Elegy” in reviews, but the author JD Vance and I had mutual frie…