Vice President JD Vance has been making the media rounds this week, appearing on various networks to promote his new memoir "Communion" ahead of a 2028 presidential campaign push.
However, his visit to ABC's "The View" on Tuesday sparked a frenzy online, not entirely for political reasons.
A moment from the broadcast, showing Vance smiling and glancing at co-host Ana Navarro, quickly spread across social media, with Donald Trump Jr. posting about it on X, writing "Brand new JD Vance meme just dropped."
The reactions online were swift and varied, ranging from lovingly admiring the moment to criticizing it as not being a meme at all.
Vance's visit to "The View" was always going to be tense, given the show's critical stance on the Trump administration.
Several controversies came up, including Vance's defense of Trump's inflation remark and his joke about the show being a gathering of MAGA Republicans.
This is not the first time Vance has gone viral for the wrong reasons, having previously traveled to Budapest to campaign for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of a parliamentary election, which backfired and led to sharp ridicule online.
