Joy Behar Reveals Surprising Thing She Told JD Vance During “The View” Commercial Break

Brenton BlanchetWed, June 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC

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Joy Behar and JD Vance on the June 16, 2026 episode of 'The View'Credit: The View/YouTube -

Joy Behar shared behind-the-scenes insight into JD Vance's The View appearance

The vice president joined the show's panel on Tuesday, June 16, to promote his new book

Now, Behar is revealing what she asked Vance when the cameras weren't rolling

Joy Behar came prepared with questions for JD Vance on The View, but not all of them made the live broadcast.

On Tuesday, June 17, Vance, 41, became the third sitting U.S. vice president to appear on the daytime talk show during his latest book tour. He spent the appearance talking immigration, Jeffrey Epstein and faith with the show's co-hosts: Whoopi Goldberg, Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro.

Behar, 83, later shared what went down behind the scenes and one question in particular she had for Vance during a commercial break.

During her Tuesday appearance on The View's Behind the Table podcast, Behar told executive producer Brian Teta that she asked Vance about his past remarks about President Donald Trump when the cameras weren't rolling.

"I said to him during the break, 'Why did you call him 'America's Hitler?' He didn't have time to answer," Behar said, referring to remarks he made in 2016. "I wanted to ask him on the air but we just ran out of time."

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JD Vance and Joy Behar on 'The View' on June 16, 2026Credit: ABC

Vance's past criticisms of Trump did, however, come up during the interview, when he acknowledged to Haines, 48, that he was a "critic" of the president in 2015 and 2016 and that he now feels he "got some things wrong" about Trump and his policies.

Behar had other remarks for Vance while seated next to him on the panel too. Elsewhere during Behar's Behind the Table appearance, Teta confirmed that the co-host "told [Vance] during the break that he should run for president because he has a good vibe."

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"For a Republican, mind you," Behar clarified. "I'm not a Republican. ... I don't mind a Republican on the city level because it needs a little discipline. But on the national level, I want somebody with a good heart. And those are more in the Democratic party, in my opinion. They care about the poor. They help people. The Republican party is much more about saving taxes for rich people, so I'm not a Republican."

She later added, "As I said to you at the beginning of this conversation, I don't think he's a bad guy. So if he runs, say, against Gavin Newsom, that'd be an interesting debate, to see those two."

Earlier in the discussion, Behar clarified that she was "not voting for him anyway," especially "if he runs against one of the good Democrats that we have out there," as she's "never voted for a Republican in my life."

ABC announced on Friday, June 11, that Vance would be marking his first appearance on the talk show. Vance's View debut makes him the third sitting vice president to appear on the show, after Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. During the appearance, he promoted his second memoir, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.

Vance's appearance comes amid the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Chairman Brendan Carr's attacks against the long-running talk show.

In April, Carr announced the FCC had "raised serious questions" with The View. Two months earlier, he said the agency was exploring "an enforcement action" against the show after it welcomed James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for senate in Texas, as a guest.

The View had reportedly been under investigation for potentially violating the FCC's Equal Time Rule, which required broadcasters to provide commensurate airtime to opposing political candidates, if requested. A rep for The View previously had no comment regarding the FCC chairman's past comments. A network source told PEOPLE in February that the panel show regularly hosts sitting leaders and political candidates from across the political spectrum.

The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.

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