JD Vance Takes a Dig at Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney After His Death

There is no party — or vice presidential — solidarity here.

Vice President JD Vance could not resist taking a dig at ex-VP Dick Cheney less than two weeks after his death, making it clear he thinks Cheney did a poor job as former President George W. Bush’s right-hand man.

The VP, during a conversation with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday at the Make America Healthy Again Summit in Washington, D.C.,

“You know, the job of the vice president has been called the worst job in the country,” Kennedy said.

Vance chuckled and quipped, “I think we’re out of time, ladies and gentlemen.”

Kennedy continued, after the audience stopped laughing, saying he knew Lyndon B. Johnson felt “sidelined” by his uncle, John F. Kennedy, in the early ’60s; he said Spiro Agnew and Gerald Ford felt the same way under Richard Nixon as well.

But then there were others, like Cheney, Kennedy said, that seemed like they were “running the country.”

Vance laughed at that comment before jumping in and saying, “Not very well, it turns out.” He let out a big laugh after that, and some in the audience joined in; others seemed to grumble.

“We agree on that,” Kennedy added, before continuing on.

The vice president’s comment stands out, not only because they are both Republicans, but because it came nine days after Cheney died at the age of 84.

Cheney died “due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease,” according to a statement released by his family. He left behind his wife Lynne, two daughters, and six grandchildren.

Vance, a moment later, also mocked his predecessor, Kamala Harris. He said the job of VP is “incredibly contingent” upon the president they serve under.

“You can have a president who effectively just passes off big swathes of responsibility, you can have a president who delegates, [or] you can have a president who has no trust in their vice president,” before fake caughing and saying “Kamala Harris.”

That swipe drew a few more laughs from the crowd.

Watch above, via C-SPAN.