JD Vance's challenging childhood in Middletown, Ohio, marked by instability and his mother's addiction, shaped his path.

J.D. Vance appeared to drop the college football National Championship trophy during the Ohio State University Buckeyes' visit to the White House.

Cory Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, says he was inspired to enter the race after his half-brother's inauguration. A Republican last ran for Cincinnati mayor, unsuccessfully, in 2009.

Vice President J.D. Vance led a delegation of U.S. leaders who attended Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass at the Vatican.

Vice President and Middletown, Ohio, native JD Vance is scheduled to speak at the United States Naval Academy’s graduation.

Vice President-elect former Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. / Chip Somodevilla-Pool via Imagn Images ...

(Allison Dinner/Shutterstock; Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images) Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are officially the scruffiest presidential ticket in decades. Ohio senator J.D. Vance, who was announced as ...

The half-brothers both grew up in Ohio: Vance in Middletown, and Bowman on a farm outside of Hamilton, about 20 miles from Cincinnati. Bowman has said that he met Vance — who is four years older ...