Vance tells The View hes an Epstein conspiracy theorist, takes on Whoopi and Sunny on race

Vice President JD Vance called himself an Epstein “conspiracy theorist” and batted down accusations the Trump administration is hostile to Americans of color in his Tuesday appearance on “The View.”Vance’s first time venturing into hostile territory was a cordial if restrained affair as he squared off with the show’s lefty hosts on a range of issues, coming away mildly bruised but far from beaten.The studio audience reacted with surprisingly enthusiastic cheers and applause as Vance emerged from backstage to take his seat at the center of the table, appearing poised and prepared.The co-hosts peppered him with questions about President Trump’s relationship with disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, specifically in reference to a recent New York Times report that the White House held a special strategy session last year to address the Epstein files.“I’m frankly kind of a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff, and that story says that,” said the 41-year-old veep, who was on the show promoting his new memoir “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.”“That’s one of the things that’s true, is that some people called me a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff,” he said, naming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles among them.“I love Susie, but absolutely she thinks I’m a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff because I think that it’s crazy that you have this guy who is clearly a sex predator who is hanging out with a lot of very wealthy and powerful people, like, that really bothered me,” Vance said.“What I disagree with is the idea that the White House wasn’t committed to full transparency.We need to remember, like, I was inside the room when some of these decisions were made.”He noted the administration has released some 6 million pages of the files after the bipartisan passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act last November, which the president signed into law.The vice president...