A man accused of using books to bring drugs into an Ohio prison is facing charges, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19.

A man is charged for allegedly using books to distribute controlled substances. One of the books used in the suspected drug smuggling is “Hillbilly Elegy” written by Vice President JD Vance.

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was among the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was one of the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.

A drug-smuggling scheme allegedly involved spraying controlled substances onto books, including JD Vance's memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," and shipping them in legitimate packaging into a Northeast Ohio ...

Austin Siebert is accused of smuggling drug-soaked books into Grafton Correctional Institution, including Vice President JD ...

Vance, who grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio, skyrocketed to fame as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." The book later turned into a movie of the same name that was released in 2020.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Maumee man is accused of smuggling drugs into an Ohio prison by spraying Vice President JD Vance’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” with a synthetic marijuana compound ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Maumee man is accused of smuggling drugs into an Ohio prison by spraying Vice President JD Vance’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” with a synthetic marijuana compound ...

Vance has, of course, evolved since he wrote the book into a firebreathing, fearmongering Trumpista. But sometimes Vance, the thoughtful author of Hillbilly Elegy, emerges, as when he and Tim Walz ...

Gabriel Basso has offered a more measured view of JD Vance than his Hillbilly Elegy co-stars ... “They made a movie of his book and my name will always be in the description.” ...