MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Vance put Middletown on the map with his bestselling memoir, and now his hometown is at the forefront of the 2024 presidential election.
While Republican supporters are regaling him as a hometown hero who will bring economic prosperity back to the region, Democrats both in and out of the city feel the spotlight, and Vance’s rhetoric opens up wounds about how the blue-collar town is misunderstood or inaccurately portrayed.
Prior to Vance earning the Republican vice presidential nomination, the junior senator from Ohio thrust Middletown into the public eye thanks to his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, and the subsequent Netflix movie.
With only a quarter of his first term complete, Vance and his running mate, Trump, are looking to appeal to working-class voters and those suffering under the high cost of living to become the next White House administration.
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