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JD Vance: Mom was a drug addict, my grandmother carried guns
In the southwest Ohio of my youth, we learnt to value loyalty, honour and toughness.While I recognised that things weren’t perfect, I also recognised that our family shared a lot with most of the families I saw around me. Yes, my parents fought intensely, …