JD Vance's home-state newspaper has condemned his recent behaviour and called him a "lapdog vice-president" with his wheels "all the way off" in a scathing indictment of his character. The Ohio Capital Journal published an op-ed earlier this week which referred to Vance’s disagreement with the Pope.

“Papaw’s distant cousin—also Jim Vance—married into the Hatfield family and joined a group of former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers called the Wildcats. When Cousin Jim murdered former Union soldier Asa Harmon McCoy, he kicked off one of the most famous family feuds in American history.”

J.D. Vance has really done Ohio proud these last few weeks, hasn’t he? Vance has managed to be firmly rebuked by Pope Francis, denounced by outraged NATO allies, and widely ridiculed for his bizarre ‘masculinity’ rant at a weekend MAGAfest.

Vice President JD Vance’s hometown paper is not impressed by his first few weeks in a “nondescript role as an appendage in the Trump-Musk administration,” the Ohio Capital Journal ... Seriously, what is wrong with J.D.?” Johanek concluded, asking ...