With only about three weeks to go before Tuesday's election, Donald Trump pulled J.D. Vance of Middletown out of the middle of the pack of GOP senate candidates and dragged him across the finish line.
Hillbilly Elegy author eyes Senate bid in Ohio
J.D. Vance says he is “thinking seriously” about running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Rob Portman in 2022. Author: DAN SEWELL (Associated Press) Published: 4:09 PM EDT April 16, 2021 Updated: 4:09 PM EDT April 16, 2021
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he s got what it takes to be a U.S. senator.
Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and a fellow Middletown native, broke out of poverty and family chaos and never forgot his Appalachian roots on his way to success.
“I think he can talk in a way that the average person can understand,” said the retired police chief, who, like Vance, has eastern Kentucky roots. “I’m a hillbilly, and I understand him 100%.”