What job did the prodigal son take when famine struck the distant country?

Answer: Feeding pigs

After he had spent everything, he hired himself out to a citizen who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

“After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.”— Luke 15:14-15 (BSB)