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Current VP and presumed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that her running mate for the November presidential election will be Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Ohio Sen. JD Vance is the vice presidential candiadate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

To get a handle on how this is playing out in Ohio, we talked to four veteran political observers: progressive activist Morgan Harper, Republican strategist Terry Casey, Ohio Public Radio reporter Jo Ingles and Cleveland.com reporter Andrew Tobias.

When Vance was first introduced at the Republican National Convention last month, many GOP officials said they didn’t know much about him. Since then, the void has been filled with multiple reports of controversial statements — especially Vance's previous suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris and other so-called “childless cat ladies” want to make the country miserable — that have made his rollout among the most turbulent in recent history.

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, praised the vision of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in the foreword of a forthcoming book that could conflict with the Trump campaign's effort to distance itself from Heritage's Project 2025 transition effort.

We’ll discuss the latest happenings in national politics with Ken Rudin, host of the Political Junkie podcast.

In Ohio, where the odds of a Kamala Harris win are still long, her candidacy has caused an explosion of enthusiasm among the state's Democrats.

The Republican vice presidential candidate represents a sharp break from the Republicanism of yesteryear.

Ohio State Sen. George Lang told a crowd waiting for GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance Monday that armed conflict could happen if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump loses the election.

The Columbus Metropolitan Library says over 500 holds were placed on their 100 copies of the memoir. Other libraries in Cincinnati and Middletown, however, still have available copies.

Some in Middletown, where Vance grew up with his grandparents, said he has never been an advocate for them. Even so, Vance’s roots could be enough for folks eager to see the “hometown kid” succeed.