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JD Vance trolled mercilessly over viral 'naked chair' posts - here's the truth behind the rumors
Once again, JD Vance has found himself at the center of one of the internet's funniest viral rumors.
Donald Trump’s right-hand man became the subject of mockery as social media users falsely claimed he admitted to having sex with a sofa in his recent memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.
The allegation spread rapidly online, with memes, jokes and edited images flooding platforms including X, formerly Twitter. Some posts even mocked Vance with references to "naked chairs" and furniture, despite there being no evidence to support the claim.
Where does the rumor originate from?
The rumor appears to have originated in July 2024, shortly after the Ohio senator was confirmed as Donald Trump's running mate in the presidential election.
One X user jokingly claimed they "can't say for sure but [Vance] might be the first vp pick to have admitted in a ny times bestseller to f***ing an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions (vance, hillbilly elegy, pp. 179-181)."
The supposed passage does not exist in Hillbilly Elegy, and there is no mention anywhere in the memoir of Vance having sex with a couch.
Despite the claim being entirely false, social media continued to embrace the joke.
One architecture firm shared a photograph of a minimalist "Naked Chair," prompting one user to quip: "Make sure JD Vance doesn't see this."
The furniture memes arrived during a difficult period for Vance, who had already faced criticism over several public remarks.
At a campaign rally, he attempted to joke about accusations of racism by saying: "I had a diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today and I'm sure they're going to call that racist, too."
The comment was widely mocked online, with users quickly incorporating it into the growing wave of sofa-related memes.
Scrutiny over old comments
Vance also faced renewed scrutiny over comments made during a 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson, in which he described Kamala Harris as a "miserable cat lady" and suggested that people without biological children were less suited to public office.
Those remarks drew widespread backlash, with critics noting that Harris has two stepchildren and arguing that attacking childless Americans was an unpopular message, particularly amid ongoing debates surrounding reproductive rights.
Although the internet continues to joke about the now-infamous couch rumour, there has never been any evidence to suggest Vance wrote about such an encounter in his memoir, making the viral claim entirely unfounded.













