Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who lost consciousness and suffered a heart attack after a rioter shocked him with a stun gun, appeared taken aback to learn from an Associated Press reporter that those who assaulted police officers are among the pardon recipients.

The Middletown native was sworn in as the country's 50th vice president just two years after assuming his first public office as an Ohio senator.

Donald Trump has been sworn in Monday as the 47th President of the United States. Along with him, Ohio's own JD Vance has been sworn in as the next vice president.