White House Press Release - VP Vance Joins Ruthless Podcast for Must-Watch Interview

This week, Vice President JD Vance joined the Ruthless Podcast for a must-watch interview — covering life as the VP, family, current events, sports, and much more.

Here are a few top moments:

Vice President Vance urged an increase in law enforcement hiring following the violent mob attack in Cincinnati: "The most important thing that states and cities can do is actually solve the law enforcement recruitment challenge that we have … There weren't enough police officers at the Cincinnati Jazz Festival … Pretty much every big city police department is really understaffed." (Watch)

Vice President Vance ripped Democrats' unhinged reaction to the Sydney Sweeney ad campaign: "[Democrats] have managed to so unhinge themselves over this thing, and it's like, 'You guys, did you learn nothing from the November 2024 election?' I actually thought that one of the lessons they might take is 'we're going to be less crazy.' … So much of the Democrats is oriented around hostility to basic American life." (Watch)

Vice President Vance described life as the nation's second-highest elected official: "There are certainly sacrifices and responsibilities, but I really do think that — 'Tom Brady's backup' notwithstanding — it's pretty much the best job." (Watch)

Vice President Vance on keeping up with his friends from home: "What's so interesting about it is, there are issues like pharmaceutical pricing that I would've never thought about as like a main issue for my buddies … but then they'll like, 'oh, Trump just did this thing and it's really cool'." (Watch)

Vice President Vance discusses the upcoming NFL season: "The Bengals, this is our year… We fixed the O-line this year — we still got some, you know, we'll see — I think Burrow is at the perfect stage of maturity, the wide receiver corps is excellent, I think our defense is solid." (Watch)

Click here to watch the full episode.