JD Vance: Trump-backed contender clinches Ohio Senate race

A candidate endorsed by Donald Trump has won the Republican Senate nomination for Ohio, in a sign of the former US president's continued influence on his party.

Author and venture capitalist JD Vance beat six other candidates in a race that set a record for the most money, $66m (£52m), ever spent on an Ohio election.

He trailed his more established political opponents for much of the primary campaign but saw a late surge following Mr Trump's endorsement.

Mr Vance is best known for authoring the 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy, which was later made into a feature film.

The book was about his upbringing in a small Kentucky town and the plight of poor rural white Americans.

It was heralded as a clear-eyed look at the political and cultural environment that helped explain Mr Trump's appeal in rural and struggling industrial states.