 U.S. Senator J.D. Vance told the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee that despite difficulties during his childhood, things have worked out pretty well for him. But he says that's not true for a lot of kids he grew up with. Every now and then, I will get a call from a relative back home who asks, did you know so-and-so? And I'll remember a face from years ago, and then I'll hear they died of an overdose.