Moments after speaking to a group of supporters during a campaign stop in Batavia, Ohio, Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance strolled with his wife, Usha, and their two children to a nearby coffee shop.
A few minutes later, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist emerged from the entrance and sat down on the front step flanked by his family.
Though it was just a few days before the culmination of a long and contentious bid to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman, the scene that unfolded outside that southwest Ohio coffee shop illustrated Vance’s comfort level and confidence about what he expects will happen on Election Night, Nov. 8….