Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance was raised in Middletown, Ohio. The city of 51,000 has bucked Rust Belt trends and remains a thriving steel-making community. Here's a deep dive.

Reporter's Notebook: A portrait of Middletown, Ohio, home to JD Vance Chad Pergram has some fond memories of a very American town. By Chad Pergram Fox News. Published July 31, 2024 6:13pm EDT.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) put Middletown on the map with his bestselling memoir, and now his hometown is at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election. While Republican ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — When vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance spoke to the crowd at the RNC last night, he made a promise to the people of Middletown, Ohio and other blue-collar towns like it.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Ami Vitori was tired of politicians using her home city to illustrate the woes of the Rust Belt even as they neglected it outside of campaign season. So when Ivanka Trump came ...

In his bestselling 2016 memoir, Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance questioned whether rural, white Americans, like those in his native Middletown, Ohio, had the drive to reverse their ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - JD Vance launched a political career off the success of “Hillbilly Elegy,” a 2016 memoir that paints a bleak picture of the struggles in his southwest Ohio hometown and ...

Dora Bronston, of Middletown, Ohio, sits for a portrait at her home, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar) ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) put Middletown on the map with his bestselling memoir, and now his hometown is at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election.