India, Oct. 21 -- The campaign team for Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy announced plans to invest $4 million in an advertising initiative centered on a divisive video featuring his Democratic rival's estranged mother, which had achieved significant viral circulation online.

The video-distributed extensively across social media platforms, notably by the president's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.-has significantly impacted the gubernatorial contest by bringing attention to Democratic nominee Amy Acton's history of childhood abuse.

In the ad, her mother urged Ohio voter to reject her daughter, saying that she "is a liar."

Acton has disclosed that she has maintained no contact with her mother since age of 12, following ...