New photos obtained by the Daily Beast show JD Vance wearing a blonde wig and skirt playing beer pong with fellow Yale Law School students.
The photos were posted on Facebook in April 2011 by a former classmate and the Ohio senator is tagged. His wife, Usha Vance, is mentioned in one of the captions.
According to the posts, Vance appears to be the only person in the women’s costume or “costume.”
The Republican vice president-elect attended Yale University from 2010 to 2013 before earning a law doctorate from the Ivy League university.
Before 2021, Vance was an open supporter of LGBTQ+ causes and spoke out against the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” movement while in law school, a source who knew the statesman told the Daily Beast.
However, his current stance is a cause for concern for LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. The Ohio statesman is a vocal critic of gender-affirming care for minors and once opposed federal protections for gay and interracial marriages. In 2022, Vance called critics of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation “Snow groomers.”
Unconfirmed images of Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate cross-dressing first appeared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday and spread under the hashtag #SofaLoren, a reference to famous Italian actress Sophia Loren and false claims that the Republican senator had sex with a sofa.
When asked by The Daily Beast, a spokesman for the Republican vice president-elect did not deny the authenticity of the viral photo and did not provide further comment.
On Monday, a second unverified photo of Vance was posted to the app. All of the photos look like they were taken on the same night.
