Vice President JD Vance honored his mother, Beverly Aikins, at the White House on Monday to commemorate his arrival at 10 years of sobriety.
“I remember when I gave my speech of the Convention (Republican National Committee), which was the craziest, and I even said during the speech that we would have his 10 -year medallion ceremony at the White House,” Vance said in the Roosevelt room of the White House, according to Washington’s examiner.
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Vice President JD Vance, in the photo here with his wife, Usha Vance, described the battle of his mother with the sobriety and abuse of substances in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy: a Memoir of A Family and Culture in crisis.” (Anna MoneyMaker/Getty images)
“Well, here we are,” said Vance. “And you did it, and we did it. And most importantly, you are celebrating a very, very big milestone. And I am very proud of you.”
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Vance described his mother’s battle with the sobriety and abuse of substances in his book, “Hillbilly Elycy: a Memoir of A Family and Culture in crisis”, published in 2016. Specifically, the book narrates Aikins’s fight with opioid addiction.
Those who joined Vance in the White House on Monday include his wife, Usha Vance, as well as the three children of the couple, according to the examiner.
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