 He scrubbed his social media of Trump criticism and said he changed his mind about him as he courted Trump's endorsement. Vance got it, but the relationship may have still been a work in progress. We've endorsed J.P., right? J.D. Mandel. But since then, Trump has been pro-Vance and vice versa. In the Ohio Debate Commission's Republican primary debate in March 2022, Vance repeated a signature but false claim from Trump that's been echoed by many Republicans.