EPISODE · Dec 12, 2025 · 32 MIN
JD and Usha Vance can't escape divorce rumors
from Standing Room Only · host Salon.com, Amanda Marcotte, Moira Donegan
JD and Usha Vance can't escape the divorce rumors and JD certainly isn't helping. Amanda unpacks the couple's catastrophic public relations strategy, JD's latest "jokes" that land as demeaning moments for his wife, and what all of it reveals about gender dynamics in conservative movements, MAGA gender politics and the role political spouses are expected to play within Christian, right-wing family values narratives. Moira Donegan, Guardian US columnist and co-host of the podcast In Bed with the Right, is the guest.
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