The community then rallied together to support the band, raising $140,000 to fund the trip to Washington, D.C.

Vice President JD Vance's journey to the White House took an unusual route, but now the Middletown native finds himself serving in the second-highest seat in the country.

More than two months after being elected, Middletown, Ohio, native JD Vance was officially inaugurated as the Vice President of the United States on Monday.

Vice President-elect JD Vance, a native of Middletown, flexed his Buckeye pride at the Ohio Inaugural Ball hosted in Washington D.C. Sunday.

JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former senator from Ohio who was tapped as presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate this summer, grew up in Middletown, Ohio, as he details in his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ."

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — With his hand on the Bible that his great-grandmother gave him, and with his wife and children by his side, Middletown's JD Vance became the 50th Vice President of the United States when he took the oath of office at one minute past noon on Monday.

After JD Vance's mother's request and pressure from some residents, road signs honoring the vice president-elect will go up in his hometown.

In Middletown, Ohio, many residents of JD Vance's hometown are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments.

Mekeshia Lattimore, 44, is charged with murder and felonious assault for allegedly stabbing Minnie Lewis to death while she was sitting in a recliner at her 14th Avenue home on the night of Oct. 30.

CINCINNATI (WXIX/CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) - JD Vance is now vice president of the United States. Vance took the Oath of Office shortly before noon Monday.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — It was a month after her son’s election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance ‘s mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to recognize him.

Vice President-elect JD Vance reached his alma mater to invite the marching band to perform when he and President-elect Donald Trump are sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 20.