As Vance visited Ohio to tout the Trump administration’s economic agend a on Monday at a steel mill, a small group of protestors assembled across the street from those gathered, holding a sign that read: “JD protects pedophiles,” in a nod to the president’s association with accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Near Canton, Ohio on Monday, more than 300 men and women packed into the Metallus steel mill to see Vice President JD Vance. A sea of brightly colored hard hats cheered and applauded as the vice president touted the administration’s biggest legislative achievement,

Vice President JD Vance returned to Ohio on July 28 to tout President Donald Trump’s agenda in a congressional district that Republicans hope to flip in 2026. Vance visited the Metallus Faircrest Steel Plant in suburban Canton as part of the administration's efforts to promote the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.