No evidence JD Vance had sex with sofa

the un.news – Ohio senator and Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance has not engaged in coitus with a couch.

Though Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy that he questioned his sexual identity as a boy, he did not mention being sexually attracted to objects or engaging in sexual acts with them.

Object sexuality – also known as “objectophilia” – is an uncommon form of paraphilia characterized by emotional, romantic or sexual relations with an inanimate object. While photos have emerged of Vance cross-dressing, no credible information links him to objectophilia or any other paraphilia.

Vance has faced stark criticism from LGBTQ+ rights groups over his rhetoric and policies he supported that target the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. He vocally opposed legislation to codify federal protections for gay and interracial marriages and proposed a bill to prohibit minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care.

JD Vance, 39, is married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, 38, an American woman of Indian ethnicity. They have three children.

Viral Hoax

In July, a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) claimed that Vance “might be the first vp pick to have admitted in a ny times bestseller to fucking an Inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions (vance, hillbilly elegy, pp. 179-181).” The post went viral and inspired a flood of memes on social media. It has since been hidden by its author.

Pages 179 through 181 of Hillbilly Elegy do not depict sex acts or refer to couch cushions or latex gloves.

Despite being unfounded, the popularity of the joke led to it being embraced by Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. “JD Vance does not couch his hated for women,” read one X post from the campaign’s @KamalaHQ account.

In his debut speech as Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz taunted Vance, saying, “I can’t wait to debate the guy. That is, if he’s willing to get up off the couch and show up.”

It also popped up in speeches at the Democratic National Convention. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) alluded to the rumor by calling Vance a “couch commando.”

On the last night of the convention, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) received raucous applause for a couch quip of her own: “Trust Donald Trump and JD Vance to look out for your family?” she asked rhetorically. “Shoot, I wouldn’t trust them to move my couch.”

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign acknowledged the baseless meme in an Aug. 6 statement. “We’re not going to talk about couches or coconuts or whatever weird fetish KamalaHQ is into,” said Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung.

Published 2:08 PM EDT, Mon. August 26, 2024

By the un.news Staff

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore.