Late-night hosts mocked JD Vance for having a “rough week” while being forced to support Donald Trump. Yesterday, Vance spoke at a Turning Point USA conference, where he attempted to defend Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV and tried to dismiss Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Jimmy Kimmel noted that according to polling Vance is the “least popular vice president in more than two decades.” He quipped, “Weirdly, Americans don’t seem to be responding to JD infectious charisma. Maybe it’s time for a new eyeliner.”
The host played a clip of Vance speaking at the sparsely-attended Turning Point USA event. “JD Vance may be deeply unpopular, but you wouldn’t know it from the sitting room-only crowd in Athens, Georgia yesterday,” Kimmel noted. “There were more people in the theatre to see the Melania documentary than JD Vance.”
Kimmel added, “JD Vance has had a rough week. He failed to make a deal to end the war in Iran. He had to defend Trump bashing the pope and the AI Jesus stuff. And now he’s made it his job to try to pretend his boss wasn’t a close friend of the world’s most notorious pedophile.”
At the Turning Point USA conference, Vance explained that Trump wasn’t actually friends with Epstein. “Oh, now it’s clear,” Kimmel said after playing a clip of Vance’s speech. “They weren’t best friends. They were just extremely horny acquaintances together. By the way, do you think Trump and JD Vance have ever had a conversation about this where JD asked him, ‘What actually happened with Jeffrey Epstein?’ Not a chance. He’s pulling every bit of this out of his ass.”
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert noted that it’s been “JD Vance’s job to get out there to receive a swift kick in the nuts.” He then played a clip of Vance criticising the pope. Vance said, “In the same way that it’s important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”
“Wow,” Colbert replied. “Hey, hey, JD. I know you’re Catholic. But you joined in 2019. I’ve been genuflecting since the mid-1960s and let me tell you brother, I think you’re out over your Catholic skies here.” He added, “You know who left the last supper early? Judas.”
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