"Can you imagine running as an anti-AHCA populist who thinks Trump is a moral disaster," Vance wrote. Well, I think he's a total fraud that is exploiting these people," Kentucky radio host Matt Jones said to Vance in August 2016. In an interview with NPR in August 2016, Vance said he might even vote for Clinton. "I think about the healthcare legislation, which I think was genuinely a moral and political disaster and I'm glad that it never passed," he said. In March 2021, before launching his Senate campaign, Vance publicly declared that his support for Trump was based on policy.

Source: CNN July 14, 2021 19:52 UTC