<p class="ingestion featured-caption">JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, has ties to properties in his native Ohio and Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Before he entered politics, Sen. JD Vance was best known as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy."</li><li>Vance, who is former President Donald Trump's running mate, grew up in the Rust Belt.</li></ul><p>If former President Donald Trump wins in November, he'll be back in Washington DC full-time — along with his vice presidential pick, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-vice-president-jd-vance-career-facts-2024-7">JD Vance</a>.</p><p>Vance, 39, was elected to the Senate in 2022 as the representative of Ohio.</p><p>Before politics, the Republican was best known as the author of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-hillbilly-elegy-transformation-trump-vice-president-2024-7">"Hillbilly Elegy,"</a> a memoir of his childhood in the Rust Belt. Vance <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-senate-ohio-hillbilly-elegy-royalties-2022-8">made thousands in royalties</a> after it became a New York Times bestseller in 2016. It was adapted into a 2020 film of the same name starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.</p><p>Vance attended Yale Law School after a four-year stint in the Marines and getting his bachelor's degree at The Ohio State University.</p><p>His rise to fame also cast a spotlight on his wife, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-wife-usha-vance-relationship-trump-politics-2024-7">Usha Vance</a>, whom he met at Yale and married in 2014.</p><p>Since tying the knot, the couple has welcomed three children and relocated several times.</p><p>When Vance worked at a venture capital firm connected to former <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paypal-mafia-members-elon-musk-peter-thiel-reid-hoffman-companies">PayPal CEO Peter Thiel</a>, they lived in San Francisco. Nowadays, the Vances' primary residence is in Cincinnati.</p><p>From the house that inspired "Hillbilly Elegy" to <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-do-vice-presidents-live-official-residence-2021-6">where he would live if elected vice president</a>, here's a closer look at Vance's real-estate journey. Representatives for Vance declined a request for comment.</p>