Vice President J.D. Vance
Appearances
The Daily
Trump 2.0: The Art of the Deal
But you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
It turns out we didn't need new laws. We didn't need fancy legislation. We just needed a new president of the United States.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
So let me say a few things about that. So first of all, Rome wasn't built in a day.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
I guarantee it is a part of the president's priorities. We'll keep on working on it. We've made a lot of progress, but we're going to keep on working on it over the remainder of the president's term.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. And of course, that's the physical structure of the border wall itself. But we even heard today there are so many good technological tools. We're using artificial intelligence to make us better at the job of border enforcement.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
One of the most important parts of the president's reconciliation priorities is, of course, tax reform on the one hand, and on the other hand, making sure that we get proper resources so that we can pay for the flights and we can pay for the detention centers and we can pay for all the components necessary to ensure that we're re-migrating illegal immigrants back to their country of origin.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump's Newsy First Cabinet Meeting, Afghanistan Withdrawal Accountability: AM Update for 2/27
Every single time the president engages in diplomacy, you guys preemptively accuse him of conceding to Russia. He hasn't conceded anything to anyone. He's doing the job of a diplomat. And he is, of course, the diplomat in chief as the president of the United States.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And one story I heard, Megan, just a couple of days ago from my aunt,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
is you know we were in a car and i was so young i just forgotten this story and we were driving to eastern kentucky and a motorcyclist pulls up and he's kind of swerving and he's being aggressive and he's just being really ridiculous and kind of scaring us in the car and i pointed it out my aunt points it out she's driving and mamaw reaches underneath her seat pulls out a 44 magnum and taps it on the window and this guy sort of almost swerves and crashes his motorcycle that was the end
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
of the motorcycle harassment. And that's just the type of person Mamaw was. She was just this incredibly strong person. And yeah, Usha's more sophisticated in the ways of the world, but I think what sort of unites them is one, they're very tough. Two, they're incredibly protective of their family. Three, they're very smart, right? Mamaw wasn't well-educated, but she was a very brilliant person.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And, you know, the only downside I'll say of Usha is I asked the convention planners, I said, what about having my wife introduce me before my speech? I'm not making that mistake ever again, Megan, because she did such a good job and I was so proud of her, but I'm not going to have to follow that act ever again, right? I'm going to make Usha introduce President Trump. She really was.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Yeah. And she's just herself. And, you know, what I was worried about having never been in the spotlight is I just want you, honey, to be, I said this to Usha, I just want you to be who you are because I love you. The world's going to fall in love with you. And she just went out there. She didn't accept the speechwriter's speech. She wrote her own speech, said exactly what she wanted to say.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And she did such a good job with it. And I just, you know, as a guy who's very in love with his wife, I was very, very proud of her, but not following that speech again, Megan.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, the funny thing, Megan, is we're in the hotel room in Milwaukee. We had just arrived. He apparently called and I didn't see the call. I guess it went straight to voicemail or something. So I call him back and he answers the phone. He says, you know, JD, you missed a very important phone call. Maybe I'll have to give this to somebody else. So my heart kind of stops, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And I tense up really, really powerfully. But the funniest thing, Megan, is because we're in the hotel room with my seven-year-old kid, he's talking about his Pokemon cards, right? So I'm trying to have this conversation with the president of the United States offering me the vice presidential nod. And in the background, my seven-year-old's talking about Pikachu.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
I'm like, God, for the love of God, son, for 30 seconds, just let me have this conversation. And it's funny, the president hears him and says, put him on the phone. and then asks my seven-year-old, what do you think about this statement I'm about to put out nominating your dad for vice president? And my son listens to it and says, oh, that sounds nice. And it's just such a surreal moment.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
My wife actually got a photo of me on the phone with the president. What an honor, right? I mean, that's the thing that I try to just remind myself of every single day is, I didn't come from anything material, right? I did not have the advantages of a lot of people in politics, but I had an incredibly loving family. And I just feel so grateful to have this opportunity.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And as I said to the convention, Megan, that the most important thing that I think I can bring to the ticket is to never forget where I came from, to never forget the perspective of people who are struggling. Like, you know, it's people like Mamaw. who really suffer when grocery prices go up as much as they have under the Harris administration.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
It's people like mom who struggled with addiction, but she's been clean for 10 years now, who really, really struggle when you have this poisonous fentanyl coming across our southern border. So I just want to remember where I came from, serve the people who made me who I am. And I think if I do that, I'll be a fine vice president and the country will be better for it. But that's my goal.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, I think it is the through line of my life, Megan, that there have been strong women who have made it possible for me to have a good life.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, obviously a lot of it goes back to 40 or 50 years ago when the two groups sort of diverged because of certain policies that were supported.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
A big part of it is just that because of the way that black Americans have been discriminated against legally, I think black Americans have tended to focus on a politics of race and which party is going to provide the most racial uplift or tear down the most legal barriers. Whereas white Americans have typically voted, their pocketbooks have voted a politics of class.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And so they've tended to not necessarily overlap.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
It was before the beard, Megan. That's a long time ago.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
You've got to chill out with that. She's already arrogant enough about a lot of things. She deserves to be.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, look, it's very simple. And actually, I think it's started to change, by the way, Megan. I think you see a lot of black and white Americans voting more along class lines, voting more along who's actually best for me. There are a lot of black energy workers who are not gonna benefit from the policies of the Harris administration to destroy the American energy industry.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
So I do think that's slowly starting to change, but it is interesting to sort of hear how fascinated these people were with my story five, 10 years ago. And now that I am on the presidential ticket, they've decided that I'm the worst possible guy in the world. It's fascinating to me. It's not surprising, Megan. And it's kind of what I signed up for, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
I mean, I want to make people's lives better. My whole idea here and the reason I accepted President Trump's invitation to join the ticket is because I think that Americans have been screwed over by a lot of stupid policies. I'd like to change that. And at the cost of changing that, as people like Joy Reid used to say nice things about me and now they lie about me, whatever.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
As Harry S. Truman said, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. I think it's an honor to be here. And everything that comes along with it, I just see as a necessary part of having to do this job.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, I think it is the through line of my life, Megan, that there have been strong women who have made it possible for me to have a good life. And you mentioned Mamaw. I've heard so many Mamaw stories from friends and family just in the last few days, people who've come out of the woodwork, obviously, because we gave this speech at the RNC convention.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
And now the same American media that covered for the Biden administration after the untimely death and the unnecessary death of 13 brave Americans is really, really interested in forcing the president of the United States to fire someone because of a signal chat, because of a signal chat. That is not. Honest behavior from the American media.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
And if you think you're going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody, you've got another thing coming. President Trump has said it on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday. And I'm the vice president saying it here on Friday. We are standing behind our entire national security team.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
If you think you're going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody, you've got another thing coming.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Elon's Email Drama, Trump vs. Maine Governor, and a German Election Surprise: AM Update for 2/24
What no democracy, American, German, or European, will survive is telling millions of voters that their thoughts and concerns, their aspirations, their pleas for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered. Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Admin Defends Gang Deportations, TX Teen Fatally Stabbed, Zuck Moves Near Trump: AM Update 4/4
Well, look, we're going to keep on appealing. We're going to keep on fighting back here. The legal border crossing is down over 95 percent in pretty much every part of the American southern border. Then, yeah, we got to get the violent criminals out of here. The courts, some radical left judges have stepped in and said you're not allowed to deport MS-13 gang members. That's crazy.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Admin Defends Gang Deportations, TX Teen Fatally Stabbed, Zuck Moves Near Trump: AM Update 4/4
We think the Supreme Court is going to overrule it. We do not ask permission from far left Democrats before we deport illegal immigrants. We do the American people's business. And again, for the American people who are watching, this is such a weird, mistaken placement of priorities.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and, of course, to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're going to check out how things are going there.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
And I say that speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security of the entire world.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
The threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China, it's not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
Do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
We want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security of the entire world.