“Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for Hillbilly Elegy, his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016,” the AP reports.
“A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 650,000 copies have been sold since Trump’s announcement on July 15. The total includes physical books, audio books and e-books.”
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