Johnson records Vance's maiden trip to the Oval Office on camera.

Speaker Mike Johnson recorded Vice President JD Vance's first visit to the Oval Office, expressing his enthusiasm and highlighting Vance's unique background as a testament to the American Dream.

"During our meeting at the White House yesterday, JD Vance shared with us that he had never before entered the Oval Office. I informed both him and President Trump that I had to document the moment on video," Johnson wrote in a post on X. "Only in America can a hardworking young man from Appalachia overcome his humble beginnings to enter the Oval Office for the first time as VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. What a country!"

During the campaign, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Min., made a joke about Vance's background taking center stage, as he got his law degree from Yale, a school where no one from Walz's small town typically attends.

During his speech at the Democratic National Convention, Walz stated that he grew up in Butte, Nebraska, a small town of 400 people. He also mentioned that he had 24 classmates in high school, none of whom went to Yale.

The Trump campaign swiftly criticized Walz's social media comments, labeling them as a "strange display of power."

Prior to being named as President Donald Trump's running mate, Vance served as a senator from Ohio after winning the seat in 2022. However, the current vice president gained prominence in 2016 with the publication of his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," in which he recounts his difficult upbringing in Middletown, Ohio.

Despite being surrounded by poverty and dealing with his mother's drug addiction, Vance managed to secure a position that would allow him to effect change.

In 2020, the memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" was turned into a Netflix movie, directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. Despite facing criticism, Close and Adams rejected it. In a recent interview on "The View," Close praised Joe Biden's "very generous family."

Beverly Aikins, Vance's mother, marked 10 years of sobriety on the day of the Ohio inaugural ball held in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night. She spoke briefly to the crowd and shared that the next day was her birthday and her son's inauguration in Cincinnati. This was reported by Cincinnati.com.

In 2003, Vance graduated from Middletown High School and returned to his hometown for a rally held at the school. At the event, the then-candidate expressed his gratitude towards the town, stating that it had been "so good to me" and that he was "proud" to be from Middletown.