In JD Vance’s hometown, comment on his new memoir is hard to find

The US vice-president’s most recent memoir may be widely read in Middletown, Ohio, but no one seems to be talking about it Nearly two months since JD Vance’s most recent memoir, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, was released, and following sales of 64,000 copies in its first week, Vance’s hometown of Middletown, Ohio, has had time to take it in. At the town library, administrators say there has been interest in the book among the wider public. Continue reading...

Stephen Starr in Middletown, Ohio · Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 5:00 AM
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In JD Vance’s hometown, comment on his new memoir is hard to find

The US vice-president’s most recent memoir may be widely read in Middletown, Ohio, but no one seems to be talking about it

Nearly two months since JD Vance’s most recent memoir, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, was released, and following sales of 64,000 copies in its first week, Vance’s hometown of Middletown, Ohio, has had time to take it in.

At the town library, administrators say there has been interest in the book among the wider public.

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