Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' tops Amazon hours after Trump taps running mate

Sen. JD Vance's memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," surged to the top of Amazon's best-seller list on Monday, hours after former President Trump named the Ohio Republican as his running mate for the 2024 race.

The paperback and hardcover versions of "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," were No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on Amazon's best-seller list as of Tuesday morning. The book was No. 220 earlier in the day, the Associated Press reported.

Sales of "Hillbilly...