24 People 7138 Fact-checks 3176 Articles People (24) Vance Smith The Trump Talks JD Vance J.D. Alexander J.D. Hayworth J.D. Scholten J.D. Van Brink Ted Budd Ted Ferrioli Ted Lyon Ted Olson Ted Strickland Ted Wheeler Ted Ankrum Ted Cruz Ted Deutch Ted Gatsas Ted Jackson Ted Kanavas Ted Lieu Fact-checks (7138) Tim Ryan stated on November 01, 2022 in a town hall event: “J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi. By Jon Greenberg• November 3, 2022 Club for Growth stated on April 26, 2022 in an attack ad: Says J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.” By Jon Greenberg• April 28, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 Mike Gibbons stated on April 12, 2022 in an ad: “J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.” By Tom Kertscher• April 22, 2022 Viral image stated on April 03, 2024 in Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024: President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad: J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement." By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” By Tom Kertscher• July 27, 2022 JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022 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 JD Vance stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.” By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 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 JD Vance stated on December 31, 2017 in an interview on Face the Nation: Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts." By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2018 JD Vance stated on February 07, 2022 in an ad on Facebook: “Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.” By Jon Greenberg• February 10, 2022 JD Vance stated on September 04, 2022 in an interview: “Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.” By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2022 JD Vance stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate: “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2022 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 X posts stated on October 01, 2024 in a post: “Breaking: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.” By Grace Abels• October 3, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%. By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2022 JD Vance stated on April 05, 2022 in a TV ad: “Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country." By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2022 Articles (3176) In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 Your guide to facts on key Senate races in 2022 By Josie Hollingsworth• November 8, 2022 What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one? By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025 Why France reports election results faster than the US By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2022 In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion By Madison Czopek• October 26, 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 Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2022 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 4 fact-checks from JD Vance's CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022 Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024 Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• February 28, 2025 Who is Michael Bennet? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Sophie Austin• June 18, 2019 ‘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
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Tim Ryan stated on November 01, 2022 in a town hall event: “J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi. By Jon Greenberg• November 3, 2022 Club for Growth stated on April 26, 2022 in an attack ad: Says J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.” By Jon Greenberg• April 28, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 Mike Gibbons stated on April 12, 2022 in an ad: “J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.” By Tom Kertscher• April 22, 2022 Viral image stated on April 03, 2024 in Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024: President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad: J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement." By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” By Tom Kertscher• July 27, 2022 JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022 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 JD Vance stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.” By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 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 JD Vance stated on December 31, 2017 in an interview on Face the Nation: Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts." By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2018 JD Vance stated on February 07, 2022 in an ad on Facebook: “Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.” By Jon Greenberg• February 10, 2022 JD Vance stated on September 04, 2022 in an interview: “Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.” By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2022 JD Vance stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate: “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2022 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 X posts stated on October 01, 2024 in a post: “Breaking: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.” By Grace Abels• October 3, 2024 JD Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%. By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2022 JD Vance stated on April 05, 2022 in a TV ad: “Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country." By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2022
In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 Your guide to facts on key Senate races in 2022 By Josie Hollingsworth• November 8, 2022 What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one? By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025 Why France reports election results faster than the US By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2022 In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion By Madison Czopek• October 26, 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 Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2022 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 4 fact-checks from JD Vance's CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022 Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024 Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• February 28, 2025 Who is Michael Bennet? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Sophie Austin• June 18, 2019 ‘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
