JD Vance walked into a hostile studio on Tuesday as the hosts of The View – a panel largely made up of middle‑aged women, a demographic Republicans are struggling to hold – grilled the vice president on inflation, immigration and his loyalty to Donald Trump while he tried to plug his new book, Communion.
What was billed as a soft‑focus daytime appearance to reach female voters quickly turned tense, as the co‑hosts pushed back on his answers, challenged his grasp of policy detail and questioned whether he was there to sell a message or defend every controversial Trump remark.
