United States Vice President JD Vance was booed in Milan on Friday while athletes from Team USA entered San Siro Stadium as part of the opening ceremony that marked the official start of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
As is tradition, Greece, as the birthplace of the Games, entered the parade of athletes first and were followed by other countries in alphabetical order in Italian. Team USA walked into the stadium after Venezuela around 4 p.m. ET and were met with cheers—and a smattering of boos—from the crowd in Milan. When Vance and his wife, Usha, were shown on screen, the stadium erupted with boos.
