Politico’s magazine cover mishmash of new Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and “little known” fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings” led to tough questions on the internet, with some asking whether it was satirical, and others pointedly remarking that Saruman wasn’t a “role model.” Politico Magazine’s cover of “How Lord of the Rings Shaped J.D. Vance’s Politics” includes a graphic of the staff-wielding Ohio senator wearing a wizard hat and blowing smoke rings with a pipe. Vance wears a ring on his finger and stands in a suit and blue tie in front of the mythical Misty Mountains …