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Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.:

"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2009

Viral image stated on February 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 9, 2021

X posts stated on August 14, 2024 in a post:

Photo from an Aug. 14 campaign event in Michigan shows “JD Vance couldn’t fill a small room.”

By Sara Swann• August 15, 2024

X posts stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2024

JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a news conference:

Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”

By Jeff Cercone• August 12, 2024

Mitt Romney stated on January 19, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C.:

"I didn't inherit money from my parents."

By Becky Bowers• January 21, 2012

JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:

Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.

By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024

Threads posts stated on September 12, 2024 in a post on Threads:

An image shows Travis Kelce responding to Elon Musk X post that followed Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

By Madison Czopek• September 13, 2024

Tim Walz stated on August 06, 2024 in a speech:

JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 14, 2024

Threads posts stated on July 23, 2024 in a post:

Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris was “absolutely a DEI hire.”

By Sara Swann• July 24, 2024

TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok:

“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”

By Madison Czopek• January 30, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Oregon secretary of state “removed” former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. JD Vance from “the official state website.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2024

X posts stated on March 23, 2025 in a post:

Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”

By Grace Abels• March 24, 2025

Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in a video:

Tim Walz said "we can't afford four more years" of Kamala Harris.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 24, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video:

"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."

By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024

Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union:

JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.”

By Grace Abels• August 16, 2024

Social Media stated on September 21, 2024 in a video:

Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”

By Samantha Putterman• September 22, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X:

Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.”

By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview:

“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”

By Samantha Putterman• August 30, 2024

Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media:

On supporting student debt relief.

By Amy Sherman• October 7, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law?

By Gideon Hess• February 19, 2025

Mailbag: Readers’ appreciation and feedback

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2022

Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks

By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024

JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked

By Samantha Putterman• July 16, 2024

¿Qué tan ciertas son las declaraciones de JD Vance, el candidato republicano a la vicepresidencia?

By Marta Campabadal Graus• September 30, 2024

Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race

By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022

¿Qué dijo JD Vance sobre el aborto y la violencia doméstica? Acá los detalles

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024

Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate

By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022

Who is Elizabeth Warren? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2019

Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters

By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022

Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024

Verificamos los comentarios de Joe Biden sobre JD Vance e investigación de documentos clasificados

By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024

In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript)

By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024

Live VP debate fact-checks: How accurate are JD Vance and Tim Walz?

By PolitiFact Staff • October 1, 2024

Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents

By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024

Who is Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick?

By Jon Greenberg• December 2, 2019

Readers’ Choice: Vote for the 2024 Lie of the Year!

By PolitiFact Staff • December 4, 2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump in final night of RNC 2024

By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024

2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech