EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — It has been a lively time in the Buckeye State, beginning here in the Columbiana County village, where only three weeks ago, Vice President JD Vance revisited the site of the 2023 toxic Norfolk Southern derailment and subsequent controlled burn.

Within short order, Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) named former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, who most recently served as the president of Youngstown State University, to serve as his lieutenant governor.