Republican Vice President-elect JD Vance rose from humble beginnings. He grew up in a struggling industrial town in the Midwestern state of Ohio. He went on to attend an Ivy League school and now will be one of the youngest vice presidents in history. VOA Senior Washington Correspondent Carolyn Presutti takes us back to his roots. Lynn Davis contributed to this report. Videographers: Saqib Ul Islam, Henry Hernandez

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JD Vance's Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president

It was a month after her son’s election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance ‘s mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him.“I just think it would be really nice if we could acknowledge that this is his hometown and put up some signs,” Beverly Aikins told the city council in Middletown, Ohio, where she and Vance’s sister still live, in early December. “He graduated from Middletown High School, comes back here

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her son’s election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance ‘s mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him. “I just think it would be really nice if we could acknowledge that this is his hometown and put up some signs,” Beverly Aikins told the city council in Middletown, Ohio, where she and Vance’s sister still live, in early December. “He graduated from Middletown Hi…

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JD Vance’s Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president

It was a month after her son's election as vice president, and JD Vance's mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him.

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JD Vance's hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president

Many residents of this Midwest steel town are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments. But others feel lingering embarrassment over Vance’s unflattering portrayal of Middletown in his best-selling memoir, “ Hillbilly Elegy ” or trepidation about Donald Trump’s second White House term, or both.

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her son's election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance's mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him. “I just think it would be really nice if we could acknowledge that this is his hometown and put up some signs," Beverly Aikins told the city council in Middletown, where she and Vance's sister still live, in early December. "He graduated from Middletown High Scho…

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