CINCINNATI — When J.D. Vance walked into the surgical technology class at Great Oaks Career Campuses, the vo-tech students were steeling themselves for final exams. Yet it turned out to be perfect timing. Vance was only planning to observe the class, but when he noticed that one of the students was anxious about having her blood drawn by her classmate, the Republican senator of Ohio casually removed his suit jacket and offered to take her place. When no objection from the teacher or students materialized, he sat down, rolled up his sleeves, and smiled. To the clearly nervous student about to stick a needle in his arm, Vance said quietly, “Don’t be nervous. If you have to do it again, it’s fine with me. I am here for you until you get it right.” HUNG CAO'S NEXT CALL OF DUTY The student got it done on the first jab. The instructor looked at Vance with a broad smile. “Well, that wasn’t something I expected I’d see from you today.” Confounding expectations is turning into something of a habit for Vance. Eight months after winning Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat over Democrat Tim Ryan and a year after winning one of the wildest, smash-mouth primary races in the Buckeye State’s history, with both races having former President Donald Trump’s hands all over them, Vance is not the fire-breather the press predicted he would be. Neither, of course,...