Vice President-elect JD Vance won’t skip his inauguration to watch Ohio State in the national championship, but he’s rooting for the powers that be to reschedule the game.
Vance will take the oath of office alongside President-elect Donald Trump Jan. 20, hours before Ohio State faces Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff final in Atlanta. The former Ohio senator graduated from Ohio State University in 2009, calling that part of his life “put-up-or-shut-up time” in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
After Ohio State defeated Texas in the Cotton Bowl Friday, Vance joked on social media: “Hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration so I can go to the national title game.” He clarified during a Sunday interview with Fox News that he was kidding and will attend his inauguration…