Jay Rockefeller, the last politician of his family, has died

Jay Rockefeller, the last political member of the Rockefeller family, has passed away at the age of 89. Born John D. Rockefeller IV in New York, he shifted his political allegiance from Republican to Democrat after moving to a mining town. He served as the governor of West Virginia for two terms, focusing on infrastructure development, and later spent 30 years as a Democratic senator. Rockefeller retired in 2015 and died at his home in Washington.