 As recently as 2016, Vance told Charlie Rose in October of 2016, I'm a never Trump guy. He added that Trump's policies range from immoral to absurd. But in 2022, Vance had switched sides to become one of Trump's most subservient allies in the Senate. At one campaign event for Vance, Trump mocked Vance's obsequiousness to his face, telling the crowd, J.D. is kissing my ass.