JD Vance appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast where they discussed the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Vance recounted his reaction to the incident, stating that he initially thought Trump was dead and took measures to protect his family by loading his guns and standing guard at his front door. He revealed that Trump had considered announcing Vance as his vice-presidential pick on the day of the shooting but changed his mind afterward. Vance questioned how the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to get so close to Trump, suggesting that serious questions need to be addressed. They compared the lack of information about the assassin's motives to the handling of the Nashville school shooting carried out by a trans individual, criticizing the media's perceived silence on radical trans ideology motivating violence.
