08/09/2024
Donald Trump’s pick for vice president on the Republican ticket is J.D. Vance, a candidate who has famously defined himself by where he’s lived.
As documented in his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and later in a Ron Howard–directed film of the same name, Vance grew up in a middle-class Ohio home in the Rust Belt and often returned to his family’s old Kentucky home.
Despite his humble and challenging beginnings, Vance served four years in the Marines, graduated summa cm laude from Ohio State University with a degree in political science and philosophy, and then graduated from Yale Law School. Following his school days, he wrote his memoir, worked in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was elected as a U.S. senator from Ohio in 2022.
Along the way, he’s accumulated an enviable real estate portfolio, with homes in Ohio, Washington, DC, and Virginia:
• Childhood Home in Middletown, OH: Featured in "Hillbilly Elegy," built in 1900, 3 bedrooms, valued at $223,400.
• Townhouse in Washington, DC: Purchased in 2014 for $590,000, 3 bedrooms, listed for rent in 2018 and 2020.
• Historic Home in Cincinnati, OH: Purchased in 2018, built in 1900, serves as Vance’s base in Ohio.
• Home Near the U.S. Capital: Purchased a Virginia farmhouse in 2023.
If the Trump/Vance ticket is victorious, come 2025, the Vance family will move into Number One Observatory Circle, a stately Victorian located on the grounds of the United States National Observatory in Washington, DC.
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