JD Vance’s appearance on The View is raising eyebrows — but not for his heated political debate with Ana Navarro or his admitting to being a “conspiracy theorist” about the Epstein files.
Instead, people who tuned into the ABC daytime talk show episode Tuesday to see the vice president discuss his new book, Communion, were shocked by his bold TV makeup.
Vance, 41, came on the show appearing to wear eyeliner — which his wife, Usha Vance, has said in the past is not makeup, but actually his thick eyelashes — and a heavy amount of orange bronzer.
“JD Vance went real heavy on the eyeliner & mascara today,” one viewer wrote on X. Another person added: “JD Vance on @TheView this morning...I think Trump must have loaned him his orange makeup.”
“Not sure what’s worse. The fact that JD Vance got cooked by the women on The View… or that JD Vance had the most makeup of anyone at the table,” one person wrote on X.
Another joked: “JD Vance has on more makeup than a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
Vance’s announcement that he would be kicking off his book press tour by going on The View came as a surprise due to President Donald Trump’s vocal distaste for the talk show.
Plus, the program is currently the target of an investigation spearheaded by Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, on whether the show is cooperating with the long-established “equal time rule.”
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg said while introducing Vance on the show: “For 29 seasons, this show has invited thousands of guests with all kinds of diverse points of view, and we have been asking our next guest to join us for a while now. So we’re glad that he’s taken up on the offer today.”
Vance spent most of Tuesday’s appearance speaking about the Trump administration’s approach to the Jeffrey Epstein files and its immigration policies, resulting in some tense conversations with Goldberg, Navarro, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines.
The co-hosts also confronted him about his defense of Trump, asking him to clarify why the president said last week that he “loves the inflation” as the cost of living rises in America.
“What he said is that he loves the fact that the inflation is going to come down when the war is over,” Vance said. “That’s what he said.”
Goldberg fired back: “That’s not what he said.”
“Are you his interpreter, or are you his vice president?” Behar interrupted to ask.
Despite the debates, the episode ended on a friendly note after the co-hosts gave Vance a baby onesie with the show’s logo, as Vance’s wife Usha is pregnant with their fourth child.
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