The Daily Beast
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6th February 2026
Vance Brutally Snubbed on World’s Biggest Stage
JD Vance got a chilly—and loud—reception at the Winter Olympics.
The vice president, who represented the U.S. as the presidential delegate to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, was greeted with a chorus of boos when he and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, appeared on the big screen during the Parade of Nations.
A source inside the stadium also told the Daily Beast that, unlike most other national leaders during the Parade of Nations, Vance’s name was not announced.
The jeers came despi...