J.D. Vance radiates an inherently bizarre vibe that many people find off-putting, which is how we’ve arrived at this: rumors of him fucking a couch.


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According to a now-deleted tweet as well as several other tweets, in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, Vance admitted to fucking an inside-out latex glove that had been placed between two couch cushions. While the original deleted tweet played it for laughs, describing him as potentially the first VP pick to have admitted to such an act, others seem genuinely concerned by it, questioning whether the confession invalidates his commitment to family values.



Unfortunately for everyone who loves an insane anecdote, this one is categorically false. The original poster of the claim followed it up with a sly nod to the fact that it was fake before locking his account, but others who’ve since run with it display none of that self-awareness and appear to genuinely believe it to be true. While it’s a great gag, it’s a risky one, since it’s so easily disproved: All you need to do is find a digital copy of Hillbilly Elegy and search for “latex,” “glove” or “couch”, as I did, and you’ll quickly realize that the book contains no such anecdote. Snopes has waded into these couch-fucking waters, too, and debunked the claim as well.




Now we’ve just gotta figure out if he’s truly Lumpy, the son of Chewbacca.