From attacks on “childless cat ladies” to claims of migrants devouring neighbors’ pets, Senator JD Vance is providing many Americans with their first glimpse of an ultra-online, aggressively combative generation of rabble-rousing conservatism.

JD Vance said over the weekend that he “learned my lesson” on getting ahead of Donald Trump after accidentally announcing an abortion position Trump later disavowed. He might still have some work to do.

Despite digressions involving cats and a hiccup on abortion policy, Donald Trump has grown close to JD Vance, talking with him almost every day and cheering on his frequent TV appearances.

The Republican has said his constituents are eating cats and dogs, but the sources of the complaints have backtracked.

Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump's 2024 running mate, continues to fuel the firestorm surrounding Springfield, Ohio, with false claims about Haitian migrants.

Vance has been proven wrong about the original lie on multiple occasions, but instead of apologizing or backtracking, he started his very own racist rumor about Haitian immigrants in Ohio. The Republican vice presidential nominee has spent the last week repeatedly posting on X,