J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and newly appointed senator in , thanked his grandmother Mamaw in his victory speech Tuesday night.Vance was largely raised by his grandparents while his mother battled drug addiction. The brash matriarch was a major influence on Vance and played a central role in his bestselling autobiography that was turned into a film by Ron Howard. 'I will never forget the woman who raised me,' said Vance in his victory speech, referring to his grandmother played by Glenn Close in the movie.
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