Vance casts his vote in the Ohio primaries

Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday headed to the polls in Ohio to cast his vote in the state's Republican primary.

"Great to be in Cincinnati this morning to vote for Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor, Jay Edwards for State Treasurer and Eric Conroy for Congress (OH-1). I hope you’ll do the same, Ohio!" he posted on X.

Vance previously served as senator for Ohio and is a personal friend of Ramaswamy, who is expected to handily win the party nomination for governor. He faces outsider candidate Casey Putsch.

Ohio is expected to be a battleground in both the gubernatorial and senate races. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, whom Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, appointed to replace Vance, faces election to a full term and is squaring off against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.