Only In America: Mike Johnson Shares Video Of J.D. Vance Entering The Oval Office For The FIRST TIME

Posted • January 22, 2025: When Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance as his running mate last summer, America quickly became re-acquainted with the then-Senator's inspiring life story. As he wrote in his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, Vance came from one of the poorest parts of America. He was raised primarily by his 'mamaw' as his single mother struggled with drug addiction. He overcame these struggles and obstacles to join the Marines, attend Ohio State University, go to an Ivy League law school, raise a family, become a venture capitalist, and eventually a successful politician. It truly is a quintessential story of the American dream. (And Tim Walz, shamefully and hilariously, tried to call Vance 'weird' for it.) Given his background, however, it is entirely unsurprising that Vance -- who was only a Senator for just over a year (and all during a Democrat administration) before joining the Trump ticket -- had never been in the Oval Office in his entire life.

That all changed yesterday as Vance, now sworn in as the 50th U.S. Vice President, accompanied Trump into the Oval Office for the first time ever. Recognizing the magnitude of the moment, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson filmed the occasion and then shared it on Twitter this morning. -- Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson: “As we gathered for our meeting at the White House yesterday, JD Vance mentioned to us that he had never before visited the Oval Office. I told him and President Trump that I HAD to capture the moment on video. Only in America can a hardworking young man from Appalachia rise from his humble circumstances to enter the Oval for first time as VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. What a country! 🇺🇸” -- What an exhilarating moment for Vance. And what an uplifting moment for America. The only thing that could have made the video better is if Vance, like his daughter on Inauguration Day, had walked through the West Wing and into the Oval Office wearing Bluey Band-Aids on his fingers. (…)

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