But Vance is in a unique position compared with recent vice presidents, said Democratic strategist Ashley Etienne, who was communications director to Harris during much of her first year as vice president. Vance’s boss is term-limited by the Constitution, and that gives him a different mandate, she said.

Vice President JD Vance met with the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday and gifted the Chicago native a Bears jersey with his name and the number “XIV." Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as Vance’s wife,

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Monday at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV, the first leader of the global Catholic Church from the United States, and extended an invitation for Leo to make an official visit home.