The two faces of JD: Once a Jeffrey Epstein truther, Veep Vance becomes Trump and Bondi's latest spin doctor

[Eugene]

Source: The Independent

The two faces of JD: Once a Jeffrey Epstein truther, Veep Vance becomes Trump and Bondi’s latest spin doctor

JD Vance is one of Trump’s best public-facing allies. But even his flip-flop can’t push Jeffrey Epstein out of the headlines, writes John Bowden

Monday 28 July 2025 22:54 BST

Vice President J.D. Vance hit the campaign trail in Ohio on Monday, as he sought to help his boss and the GOP that is lined up behind him sell the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation package to midterm voters.

Instead, the president’s Twitter-happy running mate found himself answering questions about Jeffrey Epstein — and in a generally unfamiliar role: battling speculation on the right instead of fueling it.

The vice president, who less than three weeks before the 2024 election declared that “we” should release the “Epstein list,” has a new message, as his colleagues now insist that the list isn’t real: “Donald J. Trump, I'm telling you, he's got nothing to hide.”

Vance was in a Democratic-held district in Canton, Ohio — about three hours north of his hometown of Middletown — on Monday as the president and his party try and turn their focus towards next year’s midterms.

But they’re the only ones whose attention has shifted ...

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/vance-trump-epstein-files-list-bondi-ohio-b2797663.html

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-faces-jd-once-jeffrey-215452512.html

[Diamond_Dog]

1. "Disgusting Hypocrite" doesn't even begin to describe this brown noser.