J. D. Vance is a Republican senator from the US state of Ohio. A longtime critic of former US president Donald Trump, he became one of Trump's defenders as his political career began, entering the Senate in 2023 after being elected in 2022. He has since been appointed Trump's running mate and vice presidential pick for the 2024 US presidential elections.
Vance is also the author of a bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.
"I appeal to the warring parties: Call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace," the Pope's Easter message said.
Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read "Workers should have the power," "No kingship," "Stop arming Israel" and "Due process," media footage showed.
Kieth and Aviva Siegel were on board an American Airlines plane involved in a collision in Washington following their meeting with US President Donald Trump.
US Vice President JD Vance met with a group of former hostages and families of hostages.
US Vice President J.D. Vance landed in Greenland earlier in the day.
Conflict & Cuisine with Seth J. Frantzman and Erica Schachne - Episode 3.
German Jews express alarm as the far Right AfD rises in polls, while US VP J.D. Vance's remarks challenge the political firewall against the party.
Vance had met on Friday with the leader of AfD, after endorsing the party as a political partner, a stance Berlin dismissed as 'unwelcome election interference.'
Vance will visit Dachau before heading to the nearby Munich Security Conference, an elite national security gathering.
Social media users commented that they were surprised to see a kippah-wearing security guard, some saying they had never before seen it in America.