Hillbilly Elegy's JD Vance Challenged in New Book on Appalachia - NPR Cross Currents with Scott Widmeyer

Writer/historian Elizabeth Catte has her own interpretation of what's going on in Appalachia today and it's far different from the total gloom perspective laid out by J.D. Vance in his book, "Hillbilly Elegy." We interview Catte on her 2018 book on this region that is bigger than Alaska, runs from NY State to Mississippi, and comprises 25 million residents.