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Vice President JD Vance could only name two of Ohio's eight presidents when asked at a recent summit.

Vance did not name William Howard Taft, despite owning a home on a Cincinnati street named after the president from the Queen City.

Vance referred to the era of most Ohio presidents as a "black hole" where they are not well-remembered.

(This story was updated to add new information.)

Vice President JD Vance owns a Cincinnati residence off William Howard Taft Road, named for the Queen City's lone president. His home is only a few miles from Taft's birthplace and childhood home, now a National Historic Site .

But when asked, the Middletown native , who lives in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood, couldn't name Taft as one of the presidents from the Buckeye Sta

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