Let's face it: The Vice President of the United States is still kind of a question mark. There's one thing we do know about JD Vance, though — what he loves to eat.
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00:00Let's face it, the Vice President of the United States is still kind of a question mark.
00:05There's one thing we do know about J.D. Vance, though — what he loves to eat.
00:10Joe Biden made headlines during his vice presidency when he made known his intense love of ice
00:14cream.
00:15In a way, J.D. Vance has followed in Biden's footsteps by showing some serious love toward
00:22this sweet treat.
00:23Not only did Vance visit at least one ice cream shop while on the campaign trail, but
00:27he jokingly posted that he and Trump would work to prevent a chili-flavored ice cream
00:31from ever happening.
00:32He also once mentioned ice cream in a tweet to Ted Cruz, asking his followers which flavor
00:37the senator should bring after his sports team loses.
00:40The two had made a wager on a sports game between their chosen teams, with the loser
00:44bringing beer and food.
00:46In addition to his love for ice cream, Vance also seems to enjoy donuts — but you probably
00:50already know that.
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00:55During the 2024 presidential campaign, Vance visited a bakery in Georgia to buy up fresh
01:00donuts, and his interactions with the staff there quickly went viral on social media.
01:05"...everything, yeah, it'll be a lot of glazes and rolls, just whatever works best."
01:09But hey, maybe Vance was too busy thinking about donuts to give a halfway human-sounding
01:14answer.
01:15We certainly know he's a fan of sweet treats and other desserts.
01:18Speaking at one event, for example, Vance revealed he loves to bake at home.
01:22When on the road without his kids, he will sometimes prepare treats ahead of time so
01:25they can enjoy his baking even if he can't be with them.
01:28According to Vance, his baking skills include some tasty cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip
01:33scones.
01:35Donald Trump often makes headlines for his love of fast food and McDonald's, but J.D.
01:39Vance holds a different restaurant close to his heart.
01:42Cracker Barrel makes a special appearance in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.
01:46In the book, Vance explains how he and his grandmother love to go there together.
01:50Though he held the chain in high regard, his Ivy League colleagues thought quite differently.
01:55One passage in the book recalls an occasion on which he took a Yale buddy to the restaurant,
01:59believing it to be a suitably high-class establishment.
02:02He ended up quite embarrassed in front of his upper-class friend.
02:05Vance revealed in the book that he never took any of his well-to-do friends to Cracker Barrel
02:09after that.
02:10Does he still get the cravings now that he's in a different tax bracket?
02:13Jury's out on that one.
02:16You'll find biscuits on the breakfast table in many American families' homes, but J.D.
02:20Vance thinks that all American families should follow suit.
02:23In December 2024, he took to Ex, formerly Twitter, to show the American people how he
02:28hand-makes biscuits with one of his young children.
02:31In the same video, Vance also shares a solid baking tip from his grandmother.
02:36The secret to a great biscuit, he says, is to use frozen butter.
02:39Typically, recipes call for soft or even melted butter, which makes the mixing process much
02:44easier.
02:45To get around this, Vance prefers to grate a stick of frozen butter.
02:49This seems to give the biscuits a flakier texture without becoming inconvenient to prepare.
02:54Sharing family baking tips with followers on Ex, that's one way to win over the American
02:58people.
02:59To alcohol!
03:00The cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
03:08Americans love beer.
03:09So much so, in fact, that around a third of those who drink prefer it.
03:13Americans also love American-made products, and well over half of the beer consumed in
03:17the U.S. is considered domestic.
03:19So it only makes sense that a vice president would be big on the idea of Americans enjoying
03:23a good beer, and that's certainly the case for J.D. Vance.
03:27Vance has not only been photographed and filmed drinking beer on the campaign trail, but he
03:31was also spotted pouring beer for Green Bay fans in Wisconsin.
03:35But while most of these moments were met with positive reactions from his supporters, one
03:39in particular led to some embarrassing headlines.
03:42When asked why voters would want to have a drink with him, Vance stumbled a bit in
03:45his answer.
03:46They'd want to have a beer with me because I actually do like to drink beer, and I probably
03:50like to drink beer a little bit too much, but that's okay, I'm sure the media won't
03:53give me too much crap over that."
03:55As he predicted, the media didn't spend too much time on that story, but social media
03:59had a field day, as many commenters mocked the VP-to-be for his uneasy tone.
04:05Vance met his wife Usha while he was in law school at Yale, and they've been married since
04:092014.
04:11After over a decade of marriage to an Indian-American woman, he was bound to pick up a few things
04:15about his wife's family's food and culture.
04:18When she introduced Vance after Trump's confirmation as president-elect, Usha revealed that her
04:22mother and J.D. bonded over cooking.
04:25He adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food from my mother."
04:29The Vances seem to have a tight-knit family.
04:32Cooking seems to be a common theme in the family's way of life, and Vance's mother-in-law
04:36has passed down some of her own know-how to him.
04:39As Vance has children with Indian heritage, the knowledge imparted by his mother-in-law
04:43not only helps him understand his wife and her family's culture, but also his children's.
04:49Being married into an Indian-American family means that J.D. Vance has learned to make
04:53some seriously delicious vegetarian recipes.
04:55Indeed, Vance has often spoken about learning to love his wife's vegetarian lifestyle.
05:01It doesn't seem like taking on this new way of life was much of a chore for Vance, either.
05:05He praised his wife's cooking abilities and Indian food in general on The Joe Rogan Experience.
05:10I'm married to an Indian-American.
05:12They make very good vegetarian food.
05:13They make the best vegetarian food.
05:15Vance mentioned paneer, rice, and chickpeas as specific foods that he enjoys.
05:19Luckily for him, plant-based Indian food is not only delicious, but also nutritional.
05:25These foods tend to be rich in vitamins, protein, and fiber-packed ingredients, and Vance himself
05:30has cited this diet as part of the reason he managed to lose so much weight.
05:34Despite cooking vegetarian Indian food and promoting a plant-based diet, J.D. Vance isn't
05:39all in on a meat-free lifestyle.
05:42Vegetarian food can actually be quite good.
05:44I don't, you know, I still, like, I'm kind of one of these people where if I don't have
05:48a piece of meat, it's not a complete meal.
05:50In fact, he was once described as a meat-and-potatoes guy by his wife, and he is still often seen
05:55eating meat when out and about.
05:56For example, Vance was seen eating a hot dog and fries in 2024, and Usha claims that he
06:01even competed in the Ohio State Fair's rib-eating contest back in 2022.
06:06Notably, Vance also seems to enjoy sourcing his own meat.
06:10In 2024, he posted photos of himself and his son fishing on Instagram, and it looks like
06:15they got a few lucky catches, too.
06:18Vance seems to enjoy cooking breakfast for his kids.
06:20In one ex-post, he mentioned having just made a bunch of toast and fried eggs for his three
06:24small children.
06:26Interestingly, eggs have come up more than once in Vance's political career — in particular,
06:30the 50th vice president has come under fire a couple of times for comments he made about
06:34eggs.
06:35In one instance, he stated that eggs cost a dollar more than they were, a mistake that
06:40the media quickly ridiculed.
06:42Vance also made a comment suggesting that his children ate an absurd amount of eggs
06:45each morning.
06:46Let's talk about eggs, because these guys actually eat about 14 eggs every single morning."
06:51The comment was then taken literally by a number of people online, and again roundly
06:55mocked.
06:57The campaign trail is long and grueling, which usually makes for hungry politicians.
07:02To give him some of that much-needed energy, Vance has often been spotted grabbing breakfast
07:06and dinner with his family while on the campaign trail.
07:09When he is traveling, he makes a point to stop off at local restaurants, and he typically
07:13has his wife, three young children, and Secret Service in tow.
07:17Sometimes he even shares with his constituents.
07:19In 2024, he ordered a tray of root beer floats for voters at an A&W in Michigan.
07:25Having previously lived in Cincinnati, the Vance family likely had their favorite spots
07:29to eat in the Queen City, but it seems they'll need to get to know the D.C. food scene for
07:33the duration of his vice presidency.
07:36America's reliance on meat can make eating a nightmare for vegetarians, vegans, and people
07:40trying to stay healthy.
07:42Plant-based meat substitutes and other similar products might help in that regard, but it
07:46appears that J.D. Vance isn't convinced.
07:49In his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Vance warned vegetarians against these products.
07:54Do not eat this disgusting fake meat.
07:56Instead, Vance praised veggie-based Indian dishes.
08:00Indian food in general includes quite a lot of protein-rich foods, from legumes to nuts.
08:05Vance opts for these when following his wife's plant-based diet, rather than incorporating
08:09processed meat substitutes geared toward vegetarians.