The film opens in Jackson, Kentucky, in 1997. An adult J. D. is looking back to this time, his childhood, as he visits his family with his grandparents and mom, Bev, in their current home in Ohio.Fourteen years later, J. D. is attending Yale University, working three jobs to pay his tuition, and dating a young woman named Usha. She has a summer internship in Washington D.C., and J. D. hopes to get one there as well. He attends an event to network in hopes of landing the internship, but then gets a call from his sister, Lindsay; Bev has just been rushed to the hospital after overdosing on heroin. Lindsay is overwhelmed by the situation as she is already busy supporting her three children. She asks J. D. to come home, which he feels conflicted about since he fears losing his shot at the internship.Hillbilly Elegy 2020 Movie Download.
He remembers growing up with the many conflicts he had with Bev, who is mentally and emotionally unstable, suffers from drug addiction, and always had trouble earning enough to take care of him and his sister, Lindsay. He remembers one such conflict where a fun day with Bev at a sports cards’ store turns into an ordeal on the drive home, when, after an argument, Bev drives recklessly, stops abruptly on the side of the road, and repeatedly hits him. He runs out of the car to a nearby house and calls his grandmother, while a passing police officer intervenes. His grandparents come to pick him up and he gets Bev out of trouble by lying to the cops about what happened.
Back in 2011, J. D. makes up his mind and starts to drive to Ohio. He arrives at the hospital to find his mom yelling and making a scene. He finds out that the hospital intends to throw Bev out as she has no health insurance. J. D. gets a call and is informed that he has an interview at Yale tomorrow morning.