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· collected 2026-09-06 · by Ryan Canfield
Beverly Vance, mother of Vice President JD Vance, reacted to a comment he made about "childless cat ladies" during his 2024 campaign, which was referenced by Taylor Swift in her endorsement of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Vance stated that she had no idea what Swift's post was referencing and thought it was unrelated until informed otherwise. She attributed her son's comment to a joke, saying he often uses humor and people just didn't take it as such. Vance also corrected Tomi Lahren about Taylor Swift's husband Travis Kelce's college football background.
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Leaning score +0.85 for article 5186 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-09-06
Vice President JD Vance’s comment about "childless cat ladies" became a talking point during President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.
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comment → become → campaign
Taylor Swift even referenced it when she endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
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she → reference → Harris
Yet Beverly Vance, JD Vance's mother, had no idea Swift had taken a shot at her son over his "childless cat ladies" comment.
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Swift → have → comment
"I had no idea that's what she was even doing.
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she → have → what
Until you just said that, I didn't even put the two together," Vance said with a laugh during a recent appearance on OutKick’s "Tomi Lahren is Fearless."
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Lahren → say → is
JD Vance appeared on Fox News for an interview with Tucker Carlson in 2021, and the then-Senate candidate said that Democrats are "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too."
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rest → appear → country
Beverly said her son meant it as a joke and cited his sense of humor.
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son → say → humor
"I just thought it was funny," Beverly said.
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Beverly → think → ?
"JD's just got a sense of humor and you know he was making a joke and obviously people didn't take it as a joke, but you know, I know JD and he just meant it as a joke."
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he → get → joke
The vice president admitted his comment was a mistake in his book.
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comment → admit → book
In Swift’s post endorsing Harris and Walz, she posed for a photo with a cat.
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she → endorse → cat
Tomi Lahren mentioned that Swift’s husband, Kansas City Chiefs superstar Travis Kelce, grew up in Ohio, like the Vances.
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husband → mention → Vances
Beverly quickly pointed out that Kelce played college football at the University of Cincinnati.
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Kelce → point → Cincinnati
