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JD Vance Fulfills Promise to Celebrate His Mother’s 10-Year Sobriety at White House

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JD Vance Fulfills Promise to Celebrate His Mother’s 10-Year Sobriety at White House
Then-Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) greets his mother Beverly Vance, during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Salena Zito
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WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance stood at the head of the table in the Roosevelt Room during one of the most significant moments of his life, joined by his mother, Beverly Aikins. Despite the presence of about 20 family members and friends, including his wife, Usha, and their three children, there was a brief moment when it felt like only JD and his mother existed as their eyes met and locked.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.