Live $5-$5: How would you play AK in this 3-Way pot?

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Live $5-$5: How would you play AK in this 3-Way pot?

Players and Stack Sizes:
V1: older reg, LAG, seen him use the limp with AA-JJ, AKo+ strategy from earlier positions. $475.
V2: younger tag; had been running pretty poorly the entire time he had been sitting at the table. $600.
Hero: younger tag/lag; players at the table saw one unsuccessful bluff I had made in a previous hand against V2, beyond that I had primarily won pots before showdown. $1,245.

Pre Flop:
V1 UTG limps, player to his left limps, folds to me in the CO with Ah Kd and I make it $35, V2 BTN calls, V1 calls, and the last limper folds.

Flop ($110) comes Qs Th 3h. V1 checks, I decide to check (I feel like I missed a c-bet here.. Full Disclosure: my failed bluff against V2 in the prev. hand made me feel biased against c-betting). V2 bets out $75. V1 calls, I call.

Turn ($335) brings the Kh. V1 checks, I check, and V2 bets out $110 (had I c-bet on the flop, I feel could fire or raise on this turn, but again, I was unsure of what the best action overall here was given the way I played this hand. At this point, I felt like V2 had a strong hand like two pair+ or some pair+straight draw and was protecting his hand and I think I should have raised with the Ah in my hand to get V1 out, but again, not sure what the correct move here was).

River ($665) brings the 3s. V1 checks, I checked and V2 checks... V1 shows Jh Js and V2 mucked his hand.

Definitely one of the more passive hands I've played in this hand scenario but like I said above, I was biased against myself to make the right actions and definitely feel like I missed value in some spots. Also felt like I didn't protect my hand when in other scenarios I should have.
We won the pot but I don't like how I played this hand. Any comments on how you'd play this hand differently are more than welcome!

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