- Vice President JD Vance faced widespread backlash after responding to a student's question about housing affordability with an off-topic joke about Ohio Senator Jon Husted's rear.
- During a Fox News town hall at Texas Christian University, student Kate White asked Vance how young Americans could afford homes with average prices exceeding $415,000.
- Vance initially deflected by bringing up host Jesse Watters' earlier comment about Husted's physique, a topic Donald Trump had previously repeated on the campaign trail.
- When eventually addressing the question, Vance blamed undocumented immigration and Wall Street investors for housing costs, while advising the student to get married and have kids regardless of financial timing.
- Political commentators and public figures condemned the exchange as tone-deaf and inappropriate for a leader addressing serious economic concerns.
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