19 People 25867 Fact-checks 8452 Articles People (19) JD Vance Vance Smith Team PAC JD Wooten Atlanta Sports Council Say Anything Blog Students for Trump Vets for Trump The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Politics Elite Trump Don't Let Florida Go To Pot Fact-checks (25867) Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Ambridge, Pa.: "We don't have any" chess grandmasters in the United States. By Louis Jacobson• October 14, 2016 Chap Petersen stated on May 25, 2022 in a statement.: On building an NFL stadium in Virginia. By Warren Fiske• June 9, 2022 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 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 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 Social Media stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. By Sara Swann• January 22, 2025 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 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 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 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 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 03, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.” By Seth A. Richardson• October 11, 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 Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post: Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” By Madison Czopek• September 23, 2024 JB Pritzker stated on July 28, 2024 in in remarks on ABC's "This Week": Sen. JD Vance is “known for his obsession with couches.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 31, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a "Meet the Press" interview: Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)." By Julie Appleby• September 20, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2017 in a tweet: "NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country." By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2017 JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia: “We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.” By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 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 JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview: Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.” By Samantha Putterman• July 30, 2024 Articles (8452) Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• July 16, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Univision town hall with Latino voters By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2024 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law? By Gideon Hess• February 19, 2025 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 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 Fact-checking Donald Trump in final night of RNC 2024 By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 Fact-checking JD Vance on Maine Democrats, Medicaid fraud and autism coverage By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 14, 2026 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2025 Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024 Who is Tim Walz? 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Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Ambridge, Pa.: "We don't have any" chess grandmasters in the United States. By Louis Jacobson• October 14, 2016 Chap Petersen stated on May 25, 2022 in a statement.: On building an NFL stadium in Virginia. By Warren Fiske• June 9, 2022 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 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 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 Social Media stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. By Sara Swann• January 22, 2025 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 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 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 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 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 03, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.” By Seth A. Richardson• October 11, 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 Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post: Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview: In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.” By Madison Czopek• September 23, 2024 JB Pritzker stated on July 28, 2024 in in remarks on ABC's "This Week": Sen. JD Vance is “known for his obsession with couches.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 31, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a "Meet the Press" interview: Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)." By Julie Appleby• September 20, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2017 in a tweet: "NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country." By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2017 JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia: “We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.” By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 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 JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview: Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.” By Samantha Putterman• July 30, 2024
Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• July 16, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Univision town hall with Latino voters By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2024 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law? By Gideon Hess• February 19, 2025 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 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 Fact-checking Donald Trump in final night of RNC 2024 By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 Fact-checking JD Vance on Maine Democrats, Medicaid fraud and autism coverage By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 14, 2026 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2025 Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024 Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ new running mate By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024
