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JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast

Vice President JD Vance spoke about the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump and his views on artificial intelligence in a Christian podcast.

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JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast

What this story says

  • Vice President JD Vance said that if the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump had killed him, Vance would have suspected a conspiracy.
  • Vance made these remarks on a Christian podcast, where he also discussed his interest in 'end times' theology and artificial intelligence.
  • The podcast conversation touched on Vance's feelings of 'spiritual darkness' in certain meetings and at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • Vance defended Donald Trump's use of an AI-generated image depicting him as Jesus, stating Trump did not intend to mock God.

Who covered it

Left 44%(31)Centre 35%(25)Right 21%(15)

Percentages are shares of the 71 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 34 of the 105 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

58/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

25/100

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Missing from the right

Only 15 of the 71 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Vice President JD Vance stated that had the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump been fatal, he would have questioned if it was part of a conspiracy. Vance made these comments during an appearance on a Christian podcast hosted by Bryce Crawford. He suggested that if Trump had died, he might not have accepted another Republican as president, and that the country could have faced significant civil strife.

During the podcast, Vance also discussed his views on artificial intelligence, suggesting it could be a sign of the 'end times'. He described feeling 'spiritual darkness' in some meetings with world leaders and at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, attributing the latter to the Civil War battlefield's history. Vance also defended Trump's decision to post an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus, stating that Trump's intention was not to offend but to keep things light.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mention Vance's specific comments about the potential for civil strife if Trump had died, nor do they detail his description of feeling 'spiritual darkness' in meetings with world leaders or at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The right-rated digests also do not include Vance's defence of Trump's use of an AI-generated image as Jesus.

Coverage settled. We checked this 11 times and stopped on 7 Sept 2026, 09:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

31 rated outlets

  • The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, The Toronto Star, The Independent, The Independent (US), Goshen News, The Hamilton Spectator, St Catharines Standard, Welland Tribune.ca, and News.ro reported that JD Vance said he would have wondered if the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump was part of a conspiracy.
  • These outlets also reported Vance’s comments that he might not have accepted another Republican as president if Trump had died. NBC News reported Vance warned about artificial intelligence and said he would not be shocked if we were living in the end times.
  • The Associated Press reported Vance also mused about AI being a sign of the end times and called its use satanic when divorced from human interaction. Vance defended Trump's social media post of an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus.

Centre

25 rated outlets

  • All twelve centre‑rated outlets reported that Vance said he would have wondered whether a conspiracy was behind a 2024 attempt on Donald Trump’s life and that he might not have accepted another Republican as president if Trump had died. They noted the remarks came in a Tuesday podcast with Christian podcaster Bryce Crawford.
  • Washington Top News’s full report added that Vance defended Trump’s posting of a Jesus‑like image, linked artificial‑intelligence developments to end‑times speculation, and described his recent conversion to Catholicism and a meeting with the Pope. Click on Detroit’s report repeated these points and also quoted Vance’s description of a “dark spiritual energy” he felt in Gettysburg.
  • The digests from WKMG, Winnipeg Free Press, Daily News‑Record and the other nine centre outlets only included the conspiracy comment and omitted the AI discussion, the defence of Trump’s image, and the references to Vance’s faith journey and spiritual observations.

Right

15 rated outlets

  • Two right-rated reports focused on Vice President JD Vance's comments during a Christian podcast. These reports mentioned Vance's hypothetical scenario about the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump and his subsequent thoughts on conspiracy. The right-rated reports also noted Vance's discussion of 'end times' and artificial intelligence, and his defence of Trump's AI-generated image.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast?
Of the 71 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 44% are rated left, 35% are rated centre, 21% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 105. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 71 rated outlets on this story, 44% are rated left, 35% are rated centre, 21% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast biased?
JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast is one event reported by 105 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered JD Vance discusses conspiracy theories and AI in podcast?
105 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did JD Vance say about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?
Vice President JD Vance stated that if the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump had been fatal, he would have suspected a conspiracy. He also suggested that such an event could have led to significant civil strife and that he might not have accepted another Republican as president.
What other topics did JD Vance discuss on the podcast?
During the podcast, JD Vance discussed his interest in 'end times' theology and artificial intelligence, suggesting AI could be a sign of the end times. He also spoke about experiencing 'spiritual darkness' in certain settings and defended Donald Trump's use of an AI-generated image depicting him as Jesus.
Where did JD Vance make these remarks?
Vice President JD Vance made these remarks during an appearance on a Christian podcast hosted by Bryce Crawford. The podcast was released on a Tuesday.

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