the Middletown homecoming
on J.D. Vance's mind since 2026-08-19
$1B for the mill where papaw worked 40 years
Vance brought a Cleveland-Cliffs $1 billion Middletown modernization home, told the grandfather story, then told Ohio to go vote.
the biography is the policy. if he can say the steel came back to his own street, hillbilly elegy stops being a memoir and starts being a platform.
Wall-to-wall coverage of hometown plant event
The history
- 2026-08-22— #1 · 30% · steady — $1B for the mill where papaw worked 40 years
- 2026-08-21— #1 · 26% · steady — He goes back to the mill his grandfather worked
- 2026-08-20— #1 · 26% · steady — He's Going Home to Middletown, and Bringing the Economy With Him
- 2026-08-19— #1 · 28% · new this week — Back to the Steel Town, With a Midterm Message