JD Vance reveals his weight loss secret. And the credit goes to Bobby Kennedy.
Vance has not declared that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. However, he is widely viewed as one of the potential contenders who could emerge as the party’s next presidential standard-bearer after President Donald Trump.
“So, when you’re the vice president of the United States and one of the first questions at a press conference in the White House is how much weight you’ve lost, you must have gotten very fat,” Vance jokingly responded. Vance said he called Bobby Kennedy, since he’s “really into health,” and told him he’s thinking about giving up sugar. “And Bobby Kennedy says, ‘No, no, no, no. I’ve got something that’s way better than that and way more intense,'” Vance said. On Fox & Friends, host Brian Kilmeade offered his own theory about the vice president’s transformation, saying Vance was “losing weight because he’s gonna run for president — just like everyone else.”
Vice President JD Vance was surprised to be asked about his weight-loss secret at an official White House press briefing but chuckled, saying it only meant he used to be very fat. “Basically I eat a lot of high-protein stuff, and I eat a lot of sauerkraut. And let’s just say that if that was Fat Tuesday, Fat Wednesday never came.
The vice president has acknowledged that a potential 2028 campaign is something he will eventually have to consider. In a June interview with CBS, he said he had not made a decision and suggested that he and his wife, Usha Vance, would discuss the future of their family after the 2026 midterm elections.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently called this a ‘crazy diet’ and said he enjoys his pop-tarts and can’t go on any extreme diet. Usha Vance has also indicated that she is keeping an open mind about what could come next for her husband’s political career. Sauerkraut is finely shredded raw cabbage that has been preserved and flavored through lactic acid fermentation using salt. RFK Jr spoke highly of sauerkraut and is believed to have converted Trump’s entire cabinet to his diet that consists of sauerkraut and meat. Kennedy Jr travels with his cooler of sauerkraut jars when he travels.