J.D. Vance trashed by hometown residents as he heads to White House with Trump

Residents of the tiny Ohio town that vice-president elect J.D. Vance hailed from, and made famous in his best-selling "Hillbilly Elegy" memoir, expressed dismay that he did little for them during his two years in the U.S. Senate representing their state.

As the Guardian's Stephen Starr reported, under normal circumstances the residents of Middletown, Ohio would be bursting with pride that a local had become vice president, but instead the town –– where 38 percent of voters instead voted for the Democratic ticket –...