During a recent appearance on OutKick’s “Tomi Lahren is Fearless,” Beverly Vance, mother of Vice President JD Vance, clarified that her son’s controversial comment about “childless cat ladies” was meant as a joke. Vance laughed as she explained she had not connected the remark to pop‑star Taylor Swift until the host mentioned it.
Background of the comment
In 2021, JD Vance, then a Senate candidate, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Democrats were “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” The quip resurfaced during President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and was later referenced by Swift when she posted a photo with a cat while endorsing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Mother’s response
“I just thought it was funny,” Beverly Vance said. “JD’s just got a sense of humor and you know he was making a joke and obviously people didn’t take it as a joke, but you know, I know JD and he just meant it as a joke.” She emphasized that the vice president had admitted the remark was a mistake in his memoir.
Additional notes
Tomi Lahren also noted that Swift’s husband, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, grew up in Ohio like the Vance family, and that Kelce played college football at the University of Cincinnati.
Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
