This Halloween, Vice President JD Vance embraced the playful spirit of the holiday by dressing up as one of his many online personas. Since his election as Donald Trump’s vice president in 2024, the internet has been abuzz with various exaggerated and often AI-generated depictions of the 41-year-old politician.
Among these caricatures, one of the most popular is a jovial, plump version of Vance with rosy cheeks and long, curly hair, affectionately dubbed ‘Fat JD.’
In a lighthearted video shared online, the vice president is seen opening his front door and greeting trick-or-treaters with a cheerful, “Happy Halloween, kids. And remember, say thank you.”
The video takes a quirky turn as the scene shifts to Vance spinning repeatedly with a mysterious smile, all set to the iconic theme of the Twilight Zone. This imaginative portrayal captures a meme that gained traction following a tense and surprising encounter involving the vice president, President Trump, and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The video then cuts to him spinning over and over with an eerie smile while the theme to the Twilight Zone plays.
The meme originated after the shocking confrontation between the vice president, president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A conservative journalist confirmed at the time that Vance had seen the memes and found them funny which his Halloween antics confirm.
Pictured: Vice President JD Vance wears a long-haired wig in the style of the AI-generated caricatures of himself that have been gracing social media for months
Pictured: Vance opens the door for trick-o-treaters in his Halloween costume
Pictured: The meme Vance was replicating with his costume
Even those who disagree with Vance’s politics found his costume endearing since he appears willing to poke fun at himself.
‘As a liberal, this is genuinely really funny. Good on Vance,’ someone wrote in a comment on Instagram.
‘Dude has a great sense of humor I swear,’ another wrote.
‘Regardless of your political views, this is funny,’ a third wrote.
Vance’s self deprecating joke comes after he has spent the last several days mired in attacks from those who criticized him for wishing that his wife would convert to Christianity.
Usha Vance is Hindu and did not grow up in a religious household, according to her husband. Vance, on the other hand, is a devout Catholic who plans to raise his three children in a Christian household.
‘Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church?’ Vance said at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday. ‘Yeah, I honestly do wish that because I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.’
Plenty of people slammed Vance for these comments, but it was Ezra Levant, the founder of right-wing Canadian news outlet Rebel News, who got the vice president to finally respond.
Vance’s self deprecating joke comes after he has spent the last several days mired in attacks from those who criticized him for wishing that his wife would convert to Christianity. Plenty of people slammed Vance, but it was Ezra Levant, the founder of right-wing Canadian news outlet Rebel News, who got the vice president to finally respond
Levant said on X that it is ‘weird to throw your wife’s religion under the bus, in public, for a moment’s acceptance by groypers.’
The term ‘groyper’ generally applies to far-right individuals who are fans of Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist live streamer who wants the United States to be a Christian theocracy.
Vance did not directly respond to the allegation about appealing to groypers but called Levant’s comments ‘disgusting’.
‘First off, the question was from a person seemingly to my left, about my interfaith marriage,’ Vance began, even though Levant is on the right. ‘I’m a public figure, and people are curious, and I wasn’t going to avoid the question.’
‘Second, my Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago,’ Vance continued.
‘She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife.
‘Third, posts like this wreak of anti-Christian bigotry. Yes, Christians have beliefs. And yes, those beliefs have many consequences, one of which is that we want to share them with other people. That is a completely normal thing, and anyone who’s telling you otherwise has an agenda,’ Vance concluded.
Levant, who is Jewish, deleted the post Vance was rebutting.
