It isn’t surprising that JD Vance was sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with whom Vance and his wife have longstanding ties. Usha Chilukuri Vance clerked for Kavanaugh when he was an appellate judge in a year when all four of his clerks were women.

The Middletown native was sworn in as the country's 50th vice president just two years after assuming his first public office as an Ohio senator.

At age 40, a relative newcomer who made his name on the campaign trail for his fierce attacks on Democrats is first in the line of succession for president.

Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office at the Capitol Rotunda, putting him in line to carry the torch of the MAGA movement.

Jerry Dobbins remembers a young Vance growing up in Middletown, decades before he would be sworn in as vice president. Dobbins lived two doors down from Vance's grandmother − affectionately known as "Mamaw" − and he called her a "tough bird" who pushed her grandson to do well and stay out of trouble.

The Bible is deeply rooted in Vance’s family. His grandmother gave it to him when he left home in 2003 for the Marines.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh swore JD Vance in as vice president in the presence of his family, Donald Trump and other officials.