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See JD Vance’s homes, from his humble childhood house in Ohio to the million-dollar properties he has ties to today

August 5, 20240
Vance’s childhood home in Middletown, Ohio, was a fixture of his 2016 novel “Hillbilly Elegy.”

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The steelworks town of Middletown, Ohio, was thrust into the spotlight thanks to “Hillbilly Elegy.”

It’s a relatively small city, less than an hour’s drive from Cincinnati, with an estimated population of around 51,000. Vance was born and raised in Middletown but has roots in Kentucky, where his family still owns a small cemetery on the side of a mountain.

Vance lived at the light blue house on McKinley Street with his mom, whose struggle with addiction was documented in his memoir.

According to Realtor.com, the 2,000-square-foot house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms underwent an extensive renovation in 2017. The real-estate website also said that the property, which it estimates has a current value of $223,400, was considered “middle class” when Vance grew up there.

Zillow, however, reported that a house with the same square footage — that appears to match Vance’s childhood home based on recent photographs — has four bedrooms, not three, and is currently valued at $219,300.

Vance and his wife purchased a historic home in a fairly liberal neighborhood of Cincinnati in 2018.
The rowhome owned by JD and Usha Vance in DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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As many senators and politicians do, Vance owns a home in Washington, DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood — about a mile from the US Capitol.

Property records show that Vance and his wife purchased the white-brick rowhouse in 2014 for $590,000. The two were recently married. Usha was a clerk for Brett Kavanaugh, then on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, around that time.

The house is located on a quiet, tree-lined street. On a recent Friday, when a BI reporter paid a visit, many of the homes’ small yards were decorated with red, white, and blue for the Olympics as well as tiny rainbow Pride flags — including one in Vance’s yard.

Currently, the couple does not occupy the home and instead rents it out. According to Redfin, the house was listed for rent in October 2023 for $3,700 a month.

The current tenant told the Washington Post in July that she plans to stay there for a while and that her landlords are nice and responsive.

“I love this house. I love this block. I want to be here for a long time,” she said. “So I want to be a good tenant. And I have great landlords — Usha’s great.”

After Vance became a senator, he bought a $1.64 million house in a DC suburb.
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the US Vice President.

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The Vice President’s mansion is a property that Vance could add to his collection.

Located in Northwest Washington, DC, on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory, the Vice President’s residence has been occupied by the second in command since Walter Mondale lived there in 1977.

The home was originally built in 1893 and has been through several renovations since — the most recent renovations took place in 2021. Current vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris waited over two months before moving in.

The 9,000-square-foot house sits on a 72-acre plot of land and is not open to the public.