James Morris is an American retired professional wrestler and current radio host, better known by his ring name, Hillbilly Jim. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1984 to 1991, and in the series Hillbilly Moments.
Jim in 2007
Hillbilly Jim being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018
Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. As people migrated out of the region during the Great Depression, the term spread northward and westward with them.
The Hatfield clan (1897)
"Hillbilly shot glass" inscribed on a wooden shot glass at a gift shop in Nashville, Indiana.
Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from The Beverly Hillbillies in 1970
Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs (1939)