Vice President JD Vance may have expected a political cage match on The View, but Joy Behar says the hosts were “actually kind” to the Republican.
Vance made his first appearance on the left-leaning ABC talk show Tuesday, June 16, and faced questions about immigration raids, the Epstein files, inflation, and rising prices.
Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro pressed him about the Trump administration welcoming white South African immigrants, while Brown and Black people are being “dragged out of the house” during ICE raids.
Vance responded, “We do have to strike a balance between enforcing our laws — we don’t want to dehumanize people.”
Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin challenged him about the Trump administration’s record on race, with Hostin raising concerns about Black voting districts being “dismantled.”
Goldberg asked, “What did Black people do to this administration that has allowed it to really stigmatize folks of color?”
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After the episode, Behar sat down with executive producer Brian Teta for Tuesday’s installment of the “Behind the Table” podcast.
Teta revealed Vance said he was more concerned about getting grilled on The View than he was about debating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in 2024.
“One thing he said backstage, and I think he said it a couple times today, was that he was more nervous coming on The View than he was for the vice presidential debate against Walz,” Teta shared.
“We were actually kind to him,” Behar quipped.
“Before he became Trump’s boy… he wrote a book called Hillbilly Elegy, where he talked about how poor [his family was], and he was actually a different kind of person,” Behar said. “I think if he were president, he would go back to being a kinder person. Trump is the one who’s not kind.”
Teta noted that there were “no rules” attached to the interview and praised Vance for agreeing to appear on the show, despite the hosts’ frequent criticism of the administration and President Trump’s attacks on ABC.
“Well, he wants to sell a book and he wants to run for president. Let’s be real,” Behar said about Vance.
The comedian added that she had more questions for the vice president, but they ran out of time.
“Get him back,” Behar said.
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