Vice President JD Vance has said he will host today’s episode of The Charlie Kirk Show to honor the late far-right political commentator.
In an X post shared on Sunday evening, Vance said he would be hosting the show to “pay tribute to my friend.” The show will air from 12 p.m. ET on the video-sharing platform Rumble.
Kirk, a conservative influencer and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, died at age 31 after he was shot in the neck from a nearby building during an outdoor debating event last week at Utah Valley University.
Kirk was one of the most prominent political activists and organizers on the far right and had been addressing thousands of college students at the event. Kirk had been asked a question about transgender individuals involved in mass shootings when a single sho