 When you vote, you are making your voice heard. And when you donate to this NPR station, you're saying that you value reliable news. So give now and let us hear you. In 2016, a book that offered a bleak portrait of Appalachian culture and life for poor white Americans became a hit. And over the past eight years, as its author, J.D. Vance, ascended to the U.S. Senate and now the second place spot on the Republican ticket, many people from the region have a lot to say about the picture he painted.