JD Vance becomes first bearded US Vice President since 1909
Washington, D.C.: JD Vance, the 40-year-old senator from Ohio, made history by becoming the first US Vice President to sport a beard since Charles W. Fairbanks, who served under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909. Vance took the oath as the 50th Vice President during an inauguration ceremony held at the US Capitol Rotunda.
The event, held indoors due to freezing temperatures, also marked other notable milestones. At 78 years and seven months, Donald Trump became the oldest president to take office, surpassing Joe Biden's previous record. Vance, born in 1984, became the first millennial Vice President and the third youngest in US history.
This marks a return of facial hair to high executive offices, which had been absent for nearly a century. The last Vice President to sport facial hair was Charles Curtis, who served under President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933 with a moustache.
Vance, author of the memoir Hillbilly Elegy, is known for his advocacy for working-class Americans. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 2019. His wife, Usha Vance, born to Indian immigrants, is now the first Asian American Second Lady.
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UP: 53-year-old lifer dies in Etah jail; probe on
Etah (UP) (PTI): A 53-year-old inmate lodged in the Etah district jail died on Saturday while undergoing treatment for chest pain, a jail official said.
According to the Jail Superintendent, Ankeshita Srivastava, Jitendra alias Bhura, a resident of Bijauri village in Kotwali Dehat area of the district, complained of severe left chest pain and high blood pressure on Saturday morning.
When his condition worsened, at around 10.35 am, he was admitted to Etah's Veerangana Avantibai Lodhi Autonomous State Medical College (VALASMC), where he was declared dead at around 10.45 am, she said.
The deceased inmate was lodged in the district jail on April 7, last year, and was serving a life sentence in a case of murder. In addition, two other cases were pending against him, the Jail Superintendent said.
His family has been informed about the incident, she added.
Police have sent the body for a post-mortem, and an investigation is underway, the officer said.
Further action will be taken upon the receipt of the report, she added.
