By: Madeline Fening
Vance's struggles can be traced back to the porch where Bailey casts doubt upon him now, but much has changed about his moral framework since his early days in Middletown. Ebbing and flowing between hatred and admiration for his running mate, for elites, for the poor – taking on religious leanings from tech billionaires and swapping a legal career for capital investments. Freshly 40 years old, Vance's winding journey from self-proclaimed “hillbilly” to vice presidential nominee suggests a man still in search of a purpose and a campaign for which his Ohio Senate colleague believes there's only one ending.