JD Vance left stunned following 'The View' appearance, reveals what Joy Behar told him during commercial break

Vice President JD Vance was taken aback by how he was treated by the ladies of "The View."

Vance stopped by "The View" Tuesday as he kicked off the book tour this week for his spiritual memoir, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith."

"I expected them to be absolutely vicious, and they were only a little bit vicious. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be," Vance said on "Gutfeld!" Tuesday.

"Joy Behar even said during the break, not joking, she said, 'You know what? You're, like, pretty good for a Republican.' And I was like, 'Whoa.' That is a way better compliment than I expected from Joy Behar," he continued.

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Vice President JD Vance appears on ABC's "The View" on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (ABC/ Lou Rocco)

It wasn't, however, all sunshine and rainbows for Vance in his debut appearance on the ABC daytime talk show.

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"I thought that Sunny, the woman to my left, was going to call me a racist. In reality, it was Whoopi, the woman to my right, who called me a racist. So expectations were defied," Vance joked.

Vice President JD Vance appears on ABC's "The View" on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (ABC/ Lou Rocco)

Vance was likely referencing an exchange he had with co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who grilled him over allegations that the Trump administration watered down or removed exhibits of Black history at various museums, an assertion Vance combatted.

He and "The View" co-hosts clashed on several topics, like President Donald Trump's recent comments about inflation as well as immigration.

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Vance launched the book tour for his new spiritual memoir, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith." (ABC/The View)

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Speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of the appearance on "The View," Vance was hopeful that he'd have a productive conversation with the liberal ladies.

"It may be the optimist in me, but I just fundamentally think that most people — not everybody, but most people — even if I disagree with them, you ought to try to have a conversation with them," Vance told Fox News Digital in a sit-down interview Monday.

"We're going to go and try to have a good conversation. I hope they meet me halfway. I'm a little skeptical, but we'll see," he added.