He really plays up the "Appalachian Hillbilly" turned lawyer angle. He grew up in Middletown, which is hardly hillbilly territory (honestly West Cincinnati has more Appalachian people. West Cincinnati's drop out rates were so high in the 2010s they closed most of their high schools and the kids that wanted to graduate were bused to the other side of the city).

I know a lawyer who grew up in the 90s in bumble fuck Tennessee with Appalachia people and his family was so poor they didn't have running water. He thinks Vance is a total poser ... but a lawyer calling another lawyer a liar is like winning the special olympics so .. :blobcatgooglyshrug: