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J.D. Vance Babyface Edits refers to several photoshops and edits of photographs depicting American politician and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance in which he is given exaggerated baby features to his face, such as large cheeks and lips and smooth skin. The edits were widely circulated on social media in October 2024, used in various memes, and compared with Chucky of the Child's Play franchise.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2024, X^[1] / Twitter user @DaveMcNamee3000 posted an edited photograph of Republican politician and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance in which he was given a rounder face and larger cheeks, writing, "For every 100 likes I will turn JD Vance into a progressively apple cheeked baby." The post received over 7,000 reposts and 237,000 likes in three weeks.

Later on October 2nd, @DaveMcNamee3000 posted an edit in which Vance was given even larger cheeks, which received over 90 reposts and 7,200 likes on X^[2] in the same timeframe (shown below). More users posted edits of Vance in the thread, which launched the J.D. Vance Portrait Edits meme.

On October 3rd, 2024, X^[3] user @Face_Almighty44 posted a cropped version of the edit in a since-deleted tweet.

On October 18th, following the debate between J.D. Vance and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, X^[4] user @mrgapingasshole posted another edit, made with FaceApp, in which Vance was given a bald head and thick lips. The edit (shown below) received over 5,700 reposts and 144,000 likes in five days.

Spread

The first edit saw initial spread online in early October 2024. For example, on October 5th, X^[5] user @atlanticesque posted a comparison meme of two edited images of J.D. Vance, commenting, "inside you there are two jd vances." The post (shown below) received over 10 reposts and 130 likes in three weeks.

On October 17th, 2024, X^[6] user @garloids posted the photograph with the caption, "Hi I noticed you had sour cream and onion chips, mind if I snag a few 🤗." The post (shown below) garnered over 5,000 reposts and 133,000 likes in one week.

On October 19th, 2024, X^[7] user @srothbell posted the second babyface edit of J.D. Vance together with a photograph of Tim Walz pursing his lips, commenting, "the debat." The post (shown below) gained over 5,000 reposts and 108,000 likes in four days.

In late October 2024, both images saw more use online, both as caption memes and exploitables.

J.D. Vance "Have You Said Thank You Once?"

On February 28th, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump, and J.D. Vance met in the Oval Office to discuss US-Ukraine relations. At one point during the meeting, J.D. Vance interjected during an argument between Trump and Zelenskyy to ask, "Have you said thank you once?"

A babyface edit of Vance posing the question made the rounds online on February 28th, 2025, as seen in a post by X^[8] user @TheMisterFrog that gathered over 360,000 likes in three days.

On March 2nd, X^[9] user @BonerWizard posted the image as well, writing, "Mom said you have to find a game that's three players," portraying Vance as a petulant child. The post gathered over 160,000 likes in a day.

Related Memes

J.D. Vance Portrait Edits

J.D. Vance Portrait Edits refer to numerous edits of a photograph of Ohio Senator and Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance. The edits were inspired by a post from Republican congressman Mike Collins after the October 1st, 2024 Vice Presidential Debate that featured a doctored photograph of Vance, giving the Senator a chiseled jaw and sharp cheekbones, making him look more masculine. In response, Twitter users edited the same photograph to make Vance look cartoonish.

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