JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching 10 years sobriety

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Vice President JD Vance honored his mother, Beverly Aikins, astatine the White House Monday to commemorate her reaching 10 years of sobriety. 

"I retrieve erstwhile I gave my (Republican National Committee) normal speech, which was the craziest thing, and I adjacent said during the code that we would person your 10-year medallion ceremonial astatine the White House," Vance said successful the White House’s Roosevelt Room, according to the Washington Examiner. 

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Usha Vance looks implicit    astatine  JD Vance

Vice President JD Vance, pictured present with his wife, Usha Vance, outlined his mother’s conflict with sobriety and substance maltreatment successful his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture successful Crisis."  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"Well, present we are," Vance said. "And you made it, and we made it. And astir importantly, you’re celebrating a very, precise large milestone. And I’m conscionable precise arrogant of you." 

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Vance outlined his mother’s conflict with sobriety and substance maltreatment successful his book, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture successful Crisis," published successful 2016. Specifically, the publication chronicles Aikins’ conflict with opioid addiction.

Those who joined Vance astatine the White House connected Monday see his wife, Usha Vance, arsenic good arsenic the couple's 3 children, according to the Examiner. 

This is simply a breaking quality communicative and volition beryllium updated. 

Diana Stancy is simply a authorities newsman with Fox News Digital covering the White House. 

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