# The ghost of VPs past haunts JD Vance — and puts his political future at risk

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-ghost-of-vps-past-haunts-jd-vance-and-puts-his-political-future-at-risk/
- Published: 2026-11-10T00:30:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T01:24:18+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/opinion/the-ghost-of-vps-past-haunts-jd-vance-putting-his-political-future-at-risk/
- Topics: Government, Middle East, Paranormal, Politics, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Vance linked the GOP midterm defeat to the Iran war.
- Trump has defended the decision and said he would repeat it.
- The article sees echoes of Humphrey’s struggle over Vietnam.

## Summary

The opinion article argues that JD Vance’s criticism of the Iran war could put his political future at risk by exposing a divide with President Donald Trump. It compares Vance’s position with Hubert Humphrey’s difficulty in distancing himself from the Vietnam War while serving as Lyndon Johnson’s vice-president and later running for president.

Vance attributed the Republicans’ midterm defeat partly to the Iran war and urged voters who opposed it to support Republicans who share their views. Trump has said the war was the right decision and that he would make it again, while Vance’s post did not endorse that view. The article says Vance may yet navigate the disagreement, but warns that a vice-president’s presidential ambitions can be complicated by a major policy split with the incumbent.

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