'This is despicable': Amy Acton responds to Ohio attack ad featuring her estranged mother

Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor of the US state of Ohio, has called an attack ad against her that features her estranged mother "despicable".

Acton commented on the campaign ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, on Wednesday, saying: "This is despicable, what he's done".

In the ad Acton's mother, Donna Arthur, says Acton "lied her entire life". But it does not mention that Arthur's husband was charged with raping Acton when she was a child and that Acton and her brother were then removed from Arthur's custody.