As JD Vance steps into his new role as vice president of the United States, so too does his family, the country's new second family. Vance and his wife Usha and their three children will now call the vice president's mansion on the grounds of the U.

The Middletown native was sworn in as the country's 50th vice president just two years after assuming his first public office as an Ohio senator.

Donald Bowman and Beverly Aikins — played formative roles, too. The vice president vividly captured the impact his parents had on him both in his memoir and on the campaign trail. Who are JD Vance's parents?