Vice President JD Vance says a diet recommended by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. helped him lose 30 pounds.
Vance has been struggling with his weight for the last few years, which became more noticeable after Trump roasted him on stage in front of a crowd.
But VP never revealed how he slimmed down in just a few months.
Now a bizarre image that might explain his transformation has become the bigger talking point online after a White House press briefing.
Vance discussed his weight loss, explaining that his efforts to change his eating habits began during Lent.
He said he initially planned to give up sugar and social media for the religious observance before turning to Kennedy for advice.
“I called Bobby Kennedy, and I said, ‘I know you’re really into health, and I’m thinking of giving up sugar. What do you think?’” Vance said on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Kennedy, according to Vance, suggested something more aggressive.
“Bobby Kennedy said, ‘No, no, no. I’ve got something that’s way better than that and way more intense.’”
Kennedy ultimately encouraged Vance to follow a diet centered on protein and sauerkraut.
Vance joked about the unusual recommendation when discussing Kennedy’s role in his weight loss.
“My advice to you is if you want to lose weight, call Bobby Kennedy,” Vance said. “And if you want to enjoy what you eat, do not call Bobby Kennedy.”
The vice president was responding to a question from Fox News reporter Peter Doocy about his recent weight loss.
Vance said he decided to make changes after Fat Tuesday, when he told his wife, Usha Vance, that he planned to give up sugar and social media during Lent.
Vance also appeared to poke fun at the fact that his weight had become a subject of discussion at a White House briefing.
“When you’re the vice president of the United States and one of the first questions during a press conference at the White House is [about] how much weight you lost, you must have gotten very fat,” Vance told Doocy. “That’s one thing that I take from that question.”
Kennedy then took the conversation in an unexpected direction.
Following the briefing, he posted an AI-generated image to X showing himself apparently feeding Vance sauerkraut at a table. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears in the background holding a Pop-Tart.
The image immediately drew attention, with social media users questioning why Kennedy created it and dissecting nearly every detail.
“Hey so real quick what in the weird ass ai is going on here? Why is he feeding him? Why is Rubio lurking with a pop tart? Why does he have time to create these? Just f–king WHY,” one person wrote.
Another commenter simply asked, “Why are they so f-ckin’ WEIRD? Him force feeding Vance sauerkraut makes me nauseous.”
Someone else mocked the surreal scene, writing, “Totally normal seeing an ai photo of a ‘Secretary’ of a presidential administration hand feeding the v.p. wtf?!!!”
Rubio’s appearance became another source of jokes. “OMG look at him,” wrote one person, while another said, “Why holding a Pop-Tart?”
Another social media user questioned whether the image was intended to poke fun at the secretary of state, writing, “Is RFK fat-shaming an already-skinnier Al version of Marco Rubio??? And why is he hand-feeding JD Vance??? This whole image gets weirder the longer you look at it.”
With the strange post, what began as a discussion about the vice president’s 30-pound weight loss quickly became a social media spectacle centered on an AI slop image of two top Trump administration officials and Rubio’s unexpected Pop-Tart cameo.
