JD Vance – who has biracial children – tries to dismiss Trump’s attack on Harris’ heritage as ‘hysterical’

JD Vance, who has three biracial children with his wife of Indian heritage, has tried to brush off Donald Trump’s stunning attack on Kamala Harris’ racial heritage by calling the backlash “hysterical.”

The Republican vice presidential nominee – who is also facing backlash over his misogynistic comments branding Harris and other women “childless cat ladies” – was asked about the former president’s comments on his campaign plane on the way to a rally in Arizona on Wednesday.

“I frankly just think it’s hysterical how much the media is overreacting to it,” he said, before leaping to defend Trump.

“How nice it is to have an American leader who's not afraid to go into hostile places and actually answer some tough questions,” he said.

“I think he pointed out the fundamental chameleon-like nature of Kamala Harris,” Vance continued.

“She’s flip flopped on every issue. She’s fake. She’s phony. And I think our whole campaign is going to have a very fun time pointing that out. And it sounds like the president kicked us off in stride.”

The former president sparked outrage on Wednesday when he wildly questioned Harris’ heritage and claimed she “happened to turn Black” during an interview on stage at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.

“She was always of Indian heritage. And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black,” the 78-year-old claimed to gasps from the crowd.

“So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”

He added: “I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way and all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person.”

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