"I know to some, Vance might appear to be just another abrasive Maga asshole with a lode-bearing beard, Oliver duly noted. But to many on the right, he's a towering intellect. Tucker Carlson once called him the smartest and deepest [senator] I've ever met, which is kind of like Ryan Lochte calling Cookie Monster his go-to guy for investment advice."
"As recently as 2016, when he was doing press rounds for Hillbilly Elegy, he said that if Trump stood a good chance of winning, he would hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton, because Trump would become America's Hitler. Just a few years later, he was campaigning for the Senate in Ohio alongside him."
"Vance has an inside track to the Oval Office in the future, not only because polls show him leading the Republican field for 2028, but also because if this guy doesn't make it through his term, either because the 25th amendment got invoked or his internal organs decided you know what, dude, you can't keep doing this to us, we're out,' JD Vance will become president."
John Oliver examined JD Vance's political transformation from Hillbilly Elegy author to Ohio senator and Trump's vice president. Vance has performed a significant about-face in his political stance, shifting from opposing Trump in 2016 to becoming his devoted ally. Oliver highlighted Vance's role as an attack dog defending Trump's decisions and noted his positioning as a potential successor, either through the 2028 election or through constitutional succession. The segment explored Vance's current ideology and prominence as a right-wing figure, contrasting his earlier public statements with his current political alignment.
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