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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to take aim squarely at former President Donald Trump’s running mate, fellow Ohioan J.D. Vance, over her claims that he abandoned his community and used it as a political prop. “I’m Joyce Beatty and I’m proud to represent Ohio,” she said. “I was born in the Buckeye State and I never left.” In contrast, she said, Vance “likes to talk” about his upbringing as a Middle American, but “as soon as he could, he ran away to Yale and Silicon Valley, cozying up with billionaires while trashing our community.” Want m…

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