J.D. Vance offers America a dark opening act

Monday morning in Middletown thousands of people lined up outside the high school to hear newly-minted Republican Vice-Presidential nominee J.D. Vance speak. Long lines of cars snarled the intersections and quickly

The auditorium could only fit about 900.

“We have hundreds of people outside who couldn’t get in,” Vance said as he took the stage, “and I’m so grateful Middletown for welcoming me.”

The event was a homecoming for Vance who grew up in town and graduated from the school in 2003.