CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is no stranger to statewide political office having spent two terms as state auditor, but he admits that leading the Mountain State’s top law firm has brought him new challenges.

“When you're everyone's lawyer, that was a weight that I felt very quickly…I wasn't prepared for how impactful that would be on how I viewed my job,” McCuskey said during a sit-down interview in his offices on the opposite side of the State Capitol Building from where he spent eight years as state auditor.

“Let me say that a different way. I don't think I knew that I was going to be able to fulfill what I feel like is the best way of being a public servant by being the attorney general,” McCuskey continued. “I'm not sure I realized the…ability that

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