JD Vance's another alleged drag photo goes viral, Internet says 'bro was being silly'

JD Vance's alleged photo appears to show a man in drag wearing same wig and costume as in a previous image said to have been taken by a Yale classmate
UPDATED AUG 12, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance's another alleged drag photo was posted on X (Getty Images)
Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance's another alleged drag photo was posted on X (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: A second image, alleged to be of Senator JD Vance, dressed as a woman in a blonde wig has surfaced on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The image appears to show a man in drag, wearing the same wig and costume as in a previous image said to have been taken by a Yale classmate in 2012.

JD Vance's second photo was posted on same X that shared previous one

The latest photo of JD Vance shows the subject looking down at the camera with hands behind their neck. It was posted on the same account that shared the first picture.

The post simply reads: “A second photo has hit my inbox.”



 

Travis Whitfill, the source of the alleged photo, mentioned that the image was taken by a classmate at Yale and then sent it to him.

He later forwarded it to Matt Bernstein, the host of the 'A Bit Fruity*' podcast, who shared it online.

“It’s from a group chat of Vance’s fellow classmates and is from a friend of a friend. I believe it was grabbed from Facebook and was taken at a Halloween party,” Whitfill told the Daily Beast.

JD Vance's viral drag photo gains traction

JD Vance's new photo quickly gained traction, receiving more than 500,000 views in a few hours.

"I didn’t know him,” Whitfill said, adding “from all the sources I’ve heard, JD was actually a good guy in law school. Not sure what happened after though…”

The first image started trending on Sunday, August 11, under the hashtag of #sofaLoren, a reference to Italian movie legend Sofia Loren.

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 08:  Republican U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance speaks to supporters at an el
JD Vance's new photo quickly gained traction, receiving more than 500,000 views in a few hours (Getty Images)

When asked for clarification on the photograph's authenticity, a spokesperson for Vance neither claimed it was fake nor made any further comments on the subject, according to the outlet.

Internet advises JD Vance to take some time and find himself after drag photos go viral

JD Vance's viral photos has sparked widespread conversation with some finding humor in the situation while others questioned its implications.

As soon as the second image hit X, it quickly went viral and comments poured in with one user noting, "So this is what it’s like for August to have two Christmases in it." Another commented, "He actually looks comfortable in his own skin for once."



 

The reactions continued with another user saying, "He's just a girl." Someone wrote, "He uses more eyeliner than me." Another user joked, "Oh he sure knows how to work the camera with his sassy self." Another added, "slay girl."



 

One comment that stood out read, "This sultry pose might embarrass me more than being vp for someone I called America's potential Hitler." Another observed, "He never took off the eyeliner."

"@JDVance should spend some time to find himself. Instead, he sold himself to the devil," said one. Another chimed in with, "Bro was being silly, y’all do it seriously get real."



 



 



 



 



 

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