Vance campaigns at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather worked

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Vice President JD Vance has returned to his hometown to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Vice President JD Vance returned to his hometown on Friday to campaign for Republican candidates at the steel plant where his grandfather worked and portray the Democratic Party his Papaw once supported as unrecognizable today.

Vance has highlighted his Rust Belt roots while trying to boost GOP candidates ahead of the November midterm elections. He has focused on promoting the Trump administration’s economic policies and efforts to try to expand U.S. manufacturing.

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