VP JD Vance on Deportations, Greenland, and Don Lemon, PLUS Latest on Savannah Guthrie's Mom's Abduction, with Ashleigh Banfield and James Fitzgerald Ep. 1245

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Megyn Kelly 0:00
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Megyn Kelly 0:12
Hey, everyone, I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. We are in Washington, D.C. today, and we are officially in the old executive office building, which houses a bunch of different offices related to the presidency, including this office that we're in right now, which is the vice president's ceremonial office. It's very fancy, it's ornate, and it's lovely. And we are sitting down with the vice president himself today. We just wrapped the interview. It's fascinating. He's in rare form. He's funny. He's in-depth. He's interesting. And we cover everything from Iran to affordability to immigration and what's real to Don Lemon. So I had to subject the poor man to that. It's sort of a coming home for the two of us in a way in that it was nine years ago that I went out to Ohio and interviewed back then just a regular old J.D.
Megyn Kelly 1:06
Vance who didn't have the title senator, wasn't even running for Senate. never mind vice president. And he had just left a stint with Peter Thiel out in San Francisco, which was not for J.D., he told me at the time, Sam Fram. He and Usha were newly married. They were expecting their first baby, living in a small little apartment. And look at him now. What a change in his life in just those nine years. We talk about that, too. I think you're going to enjoy this exchange. Without further ado, Vice President J.D. Vance. You know Pure Talk's favorite holiday? President's Day. Because they believe wireless service should only cost you a couple of presidents. Just a Jackson and a Lincoln, to be exact. For just $25 a month, Pure Talk gives you unlimited talk, text, and plenty of data.
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Megyn Kelly 2:37
Mr. Vice President, thank you so much for being here.
JD Vance 2:38
Of course, good to see you.
Megyn Kelly 2:39
Thanks for having us here.
JD Vance 2:40
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. This is my ceremonial office, which I use mostly for interviews, but it's actually, I think, the most beautiful office in the complex, which is, it's sad that I never use it, but I'm glad I got to show it to you.
Megyn Kelly 2:52
You're a long way from the holler.
JD Vance 2:54
I'm a long way from the holler. That's right. How's it feeling? How are you enjoying it? It feels good. I mean, look, it's the coolest job in Washington because I always joke with the president that I get to be involved in everything, but he's the one who actually has to make the decisions. I get like all of the benefit, but not nearly the same level of pressure as the president. So we're really enjoying it. The kids are doing well. Family's doing well. And just the job. I mean, There are very few things you ever get to do in your professional life where you feel like you have such a big impact, and we're trying to use it as wisely and as well as we can.
Megyn Kelly 3:26
It happened so quickly for you.
JD Vance 3:28
Yes, it did.
Megyn Kelly 3:28
You know, it felt like overnight, and your life has changed so dramatically. I have a lot of substantive questions for you, but let me just start with, this is the thing I really wanted to know. What's the most absurd thing about Washington?
JD Vance 3:40
Oh, that's a very tough, tough thing to answer. So many to choose from. I mean, the thing that's absurd just from our personal perspective is that whenever I go anywhere, I'm surrounded by a motorcade of like 20, 30, 40 cars, right? And so just you get like this amazing mixture of people, like tourists from Kansas or Ohio,

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