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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.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2024, Republican congressman Mike Collins^[1] of Georgia posted a doctored photograph of J.D. Vance that gave the Senator a chiseled jaw and sharper cheekbones. The post gained over 1,700 retweets, 1,500 quote-tweets and 3,200 likes in one day.

The original picture comes from J.D. Vance's government website^[2] (shown below).

Spread

Collins' edit led to jokes, discourse and more unflattering edits of J.D. Vance's portrait. On October 2nd, 2024, Twitter user @abughazalehkat^[3] joked that a sitting congressman had "yassified" J.D. Vance, gaining over 10,000 retweets and 183,000 likes in one day.

On October 2nd, user @DaveMcNamee3000^[4] started a thread of edits that gave Vance perpetually rounder cheeks and smaller eyes. The first post in the thread gained over 5,900 retweets and 209,000 likes in one day.

The same day, user @the_petshopboy^[5] posted an edit that gave Vance wider eyes and made him sweatier and tanner. The post gained over 400 retweets and 1,900 likes in the same time frame.

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