Vance Runs From Resurfaced Podcast Chat About ‘Postmenopausal’ Women

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) made a series of bizarre comments during a resurfaced podcast interview from 2020, including at one point agreeing with the show’s host that “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is to help raise grandchildren.

Sandwiched between discussions about race science, biological determinism and questions around male and female brain sizes, Vance tells Eric Weinstein, host of The Portal podcast, a story about how his wife Usha’s mother dropped everything to care for their newborn son.

“It makes him a much better human being,” Vance says of his son’s interaction with his grandparents.

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