# US Vice President JD Vance holds midterm election rally in Ohio hometown

https://mins.news/en/item/28924

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-21 22:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/21/us-vice-president-jd-vance-holds-midterm-election-rally-in-ohio-hometown?traffic_source=rss

> Vice President JD Vance returned to Middletown, Ohio, for his first hometown visit as vice president, rallying Republican voters ahead of November’s midterm elections. Speaking at a steel plant where his grandfather worked, Vance promoted a $1bn Cleveland-Cliffs investment backed by $500m in government awards and defended the Trump administration’s economic record as voter confidence in Republican policies slips.

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