Hillbilly hullaballoo

Maybe we can keep politics out of it

Are we about to put a hillbilly in the West Wing of The White House? It’s OK to call J.D. Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, a hillbilly because he already called himself one in his 2016 book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Sometimes the term hillbilly is considered a slur or cultural put-down. But other times it has endearing meanings that include…