Vance tours Appalachian broadband and road projects in Pikeville

Vice President JD Vance toured broadband and road infrastructure projects in Pikeville, Kentucky on April 28, 2026, funded under the administration's rural development priorities. Pikeville is in Pike County, Vance's ancestral home region and one of the lowest-income counties in Appalachia; the visit highlighted the administration's argument that tariff revenue and redirected federal spending were delivering investment to economically left-behind communities ahead of the 2026 midterms.