What Does JD Vance’s 1.27-Star Rating on Goodreads Have in Common With His Interview on ‘The View’?

It’s been a busy week for Vice President JD Vance, who’s been jump-scaring various news outlets in a media blitz to talk up his new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, a 300-page memoir that was released Tuesday, and has already earned itself a stellar 1.27 stars on (sorry, I know, I know) Goodreads. Yet another reminder that nothing good comes of being unoriginal! 

To promote Communion, Vance has been appearing across various networks like CNN and NBC, mainly speaking about the book and, consequently, his life story—if not being served pickle cake by Fox News’ Jesse Watters because a fudge cake would have been “too gay.” (We don’t really get it either.) Alas, if this was all some practice run ahead of snaking his way into the next presidential ticket, Vance may as well start rethinking his post-2028 career now—solely based on his appearance on ABC’s The View on Tuesday. 

For a majority of the 37-minute interview, the vice president found himself caught in embarrassing moment after another, between dodging questions asked by the six women who host the show, and keeping from crying (I assume) every time the audience of mostly middle-aged women booed his responses. At one point, Vance challenged Whoopi Goldberg for asking about the administration’s repeated attacks on Black history; at another he simply denied accepting Ana Navarro’s (factual) citation of how many white refugees were allowed into the country last year; and, most damningly, he exposed himself as somewhat of a “conspiracy theorist” with regards to the Epstein files. 

JD VANCE: I am frankly kind of a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff. That’s one of the things that’s true, is that somebody called me a conspiracy theorist

HOSTIN: Chief of Staff Susie Wiles called you a conspiracy theorists

VANCE: Absolutely

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM

The veep had been asked about a recent New York Times report detailing the meltdown at the White House Situation Room over the Epstein files last summer, to which Vance replied he’s “frankly kind of a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff.” Referring to the time Susie Wiles calling Vance a conspiracy theorist back in December, Vance added: “I love Susie, but absolutely, she thinks I’m a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff, because I think that it’s crazy that you have this guy who is clearly a sex predator who is hanging out with a lot of very wealthy and powerful people, like that really bothered me.” It should! 

“I don’t know what’s there, of course,” he continued. “Nobody knows exactly what happened unless you were there, but that really bothered me. And I wanted to have full transparency. What I disagree with is the idea that the White House wasn’t committed to full transparency.” Reassuring… considering it’s coming straight from the second-hand-man of the horse’s mouth.

Vance added that he also wanted to “defend [his] boss,” adding that Trump kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago resort, reported him to police, and also signed the Epstein Files Transparency Bill—though Navarro reminded him that the latter had only been done “under duress.” And mind you… the Justice Department is still failing to upload the documents in full.

During the show, Vance was also heckled by the audience—who applauded when he was asked how much bad behavior he was willing to excuse as a so-called Christian; why people are being seized by ICE agents; and about children being held in ICE facilities. Speaking about abysmal detention conditions, Navarro said, “I would urge you as a Christian and as a father to visit those detention centers where the children are being held and make sure that the conditions are up to the values that we hold in this country.” Damn.

Naturally, everything we know of the book so far has made it less than appealing. On Wall Street Journal, Vance dropped an excerpt revealing Usha’s latest pregnancy was inspired by the death of Charlie Kirk; another excerpt obtained by NBC revealed he does, indeed, regret his infamous dig on “childless cat ladies”; and criticizing the country for becoming increasingly “anti-family.” Anything to remind us he has sex with his wife, I guess.