‘If I Ever See Him’: JD Vance’s Mom Explodes With Violent Threat After Rival Goes After His Wife and Kids — Taking Their Bitter Feud to a Whole New Level
Vice President JD Vance rushed to defend his wife after fresh scrutiny put her in the spotlight.
However, his explanation did little to settle the backlash, with critics refusing to buy his version of events.
The couple’s marriage has faced scrutiny, with critics dissecting their body language and bizarre interview confessions. Vance somehow often makes it worse for himself and the second lady.
Vance and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s unexpected family feud has reached a new level.
While El-Sayed is in the middle of a U.S. Senate race in Michigan, the epidemiologist-turned-politician has taken time to clash with the Ohio native.
El-Sayed, 41, and Vance, 42, have been exchanging headline-grabbing taunts for months.
Even the vice-president’s Indian-American wife, Usha Vance, was brought into the dispute.
“What do you think is going through Usha’s head when he talks? She’s like, ‘Damn, I have to sleep with him,’” El-Sayed joked during an April interview on “The Allen Analysis Show” podcast.
El-Sayed also slammed Vance’s anti-immigration stance and later mentioned his children. “He’s got brown kids. At some point he’s going to have to have a really awkward conversation,” he said.
Vance’s mother has now stepped in to the ongoing feud between the progressive Midwesterner and President Donald Trump’s second-in-command.
Beverly Vance Aikins did not hold back when talking about her disdain for El-Sayed. The central figure of JD’s “Hillbilly Elegy” memoir fired back at the politician on a podcast.
“I think that man’s an idiot,” Beverly, 66, asserted about El-Sayed during a podcast appearance with conservative commentator Tomi Lahren. “Those are my babies.”
She later added, “It makes me mad, honestly, because he doesn’t know JD, and he doesn’t know what type of person he is, and I do.”
The interview took a drastic turn when Beverly discussed wanting to put her hands on El-Sayed in defense of her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
“In the long run, I’m not going to do anything about it. I mean, I’d probably punch the guy if I ever see him, and then that would get me in trouble. So, I’ll just go with the flow,” Beverly admitted.
Vance’s mom aggressively sticking up for the former Marine set off varied online reactions. Many people backed up Beverly, while others sided with El-Sayed.
“Keep family members out of the campaign mudslinging if you don’t want the relatives stepping up to defend them directly,” someone on X declared.
A second person argued, “Dragging JD Vance’s wife Usha into political cheap shots is a weak look, so nobody should be surprised his mom is ready to throw hands over it.”
One account expressed, “She looks like she really can land a punch.” The support for the recovering drug abuser also included someone exclaiming, “Team Beverly!”
“Now it’s clear who gives Vance such a nasty character,” read another critical tweet about the vice president’s mother.
Vance also clapped back at El-Sayed for invoking the vice president’s wife in a post about racial tolerance.
He told an Ohio rally crowd on Aug. 21 that he wished he could tell his late grandfather about El-Sayed supposedly calling for Sharia law.
“That’s not my Papaw’s Democratic Party,” Vance told the audience.
The following day El-Sayed replied on X, “So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…”
On Aug. 31, the father of four unloaded during another rally speech.
While campaigning for Mike Rogers, El-Sayed’s Republican Senate opponent, Vance evoked actor Will Smith’s infamous rant following the “Oscar Slap” against comedian Chris Rock.
“Keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth, Abdul, because she’s way out of your league,” Vance demanded. Rallygoers broke out into loud applause.
That event in Michigan also had viewers accusing Vance of using his own ethnic and religious dog whistles.
At one point during his remarks, he referenced the 9/11 terrorist attacks before turning his attention to El-Sayed.
“I realized that there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today,” the vice president suggested.
El-Sayed was born in Rochester Hills, Michigan, to Egyptian immigrant parents. His family are members of the Muslim faith. The 9/11 hijackers also happened to be Muslim.
If the University of Michigan graduate can win the Senate election in November, he would become the first Muslim to serve in the legislative branch’s upper chamber.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked El-Sayed about Vance claiming he does not have a moral core. The left-wing firebrand responded by labeling many of the Trump administration’s agenda as “evil.”
Now that Vance’s mom has joined in on the negative campaigning, a political fight over policies and principles is becoming increasingly personal. Neither Vance nor El-Sayed seem to want a truce at the moment.