 Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir of a family and culture in crisis, a glimpse into Vance's life growing up in a poor blue-collar family with a drug-addicted mother, has jumped to the top of Amazon's bestseller list. The Netflix adaptation directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close has seen viewership increase by nearly 1,200 percent. The senator from Ohio and Marine Corps veteran formally accepted the nomination Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.