'My life is so weird': Vance shares perks of being a VP, says not getting ‘too big for my britches’

US Vice President JD Vance said that his lifestyle was “totally transformed” after he took office last year. In an interview with podcaster Mike Rowe this week, Vance noted that he flies on his own plane, never goes to the grocery store and has an “army of people” willing to “cook me my food.”

“I still haven’t gotten used to it,” Vance said in the podcast. “My life is so weird.” The remarks from the American vice president came amid a national debate ahead of November’s midterm elections over the sky-rocketing cost of living. The 41-year-old Republican firebrand said that his new life also came with some tensions.

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“It can become the sort of thing that if you internalise it, you start to be an entitled a--hole,” he said. It is pertinent to note that Vance was raised by grandparents and said his grandmother — whom he calls Mamaw — would want him not to “get too big for my britches.”

During the interview, Vance also reflected on the experience of travelling in the vice-presidential motorcade, which he referred to as a “ridiculous spectacle” and “the thing that money can’t buy.”

Vance receives backlash from Democrats

He went on to recall the time when he was in a motorcade in Florida with billionaire Elon Musk on the way to Mar-a-Lago. "Traffic was totally shut down on the route to let the motorcade pass," Vance said. “And Elon’s like, ‘You know, I can buy a lot,’” Vance remembered. “‘But I can’t buy that.’”

However, Vance's comments drew backlash from some Democrats, with some referring to him as out of touch. “Hardworking Americans from coast to coast are struggling to put food on the table to feed their families,” wrote Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on X with a link to Vance’s remarks about not having to shop or cook.

In the hour-long podcast, the vice president also talked about the process of writing his new memoir, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” He credited his s wife, Usha Vance, for her support. “She’s a very sweet person but a very brutal editor,” Vance said. “She is one of the few people who can just tell me, ‘This sounds like garbage,’ and help me fix it.”