J.D. Vance In Drag At Yale Law School

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J.D. Vance In Drag At Yale Law School refers to a series of images posted by Twitter / X user @mattxiv supposedly showing Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Donald Trump running mate J.D. Vance wearing eyeliner and a cheap blonde wig. The images were reportedly taken in 2012 during Vance's time at Yale Law School. After the photos were spread online in mid-August 2024, Travis Whitfill, an Assistant Professor Adjunct at Yale, came forward as having taken at least one of the photos of Vance dressed as a woman.

Origin

On August 11th, 2024, X^[1] user @mattxiv posted an image reportedly showing Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance dressed in a shiny blonde wig, eyeliner, a gold necklace and a skirt. The post was captioned, "new: I have obtained a photo of jd vance in drag while at yale law school." The post gathered over 94,000 likes in a day (seen below)

On August 12th, @mattxiv quoted the post with another image,^[2] this time captioned, "a second photo has hit my inbox," in reference to the George Bush Learns meme.

matt @mattxiv Follow new: i have obtained a photo of jd vance in drag while at yale law school 12:45 PM - Aug 11, 2024 - 12.7M Views C

matt @mattxiv. Aug 12, 2024 a second photo has hit my inbox matt @mattxiv. Aug 11 new: i have obtained a photo of jd vance in drag while at yale law school

The two images (shown below) quickly spread online in the following days, evoking various reactions from users.

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On August 11th, 2024, X^[3] user @twhitfill replied to @mattxiv's original post, writing, "Hi Matt I was the source of the photo (sent through friends to you). This was taken in 2012 (the same time I was at Yale 🥴). Photo was taken by a classmate and sent to me. Thanks for sharing 😘." The reply (seen below) garnered over 533,000 views in 12 hours.

matt @mattxiv. Aug 11 new: i have obtained a photo of jd vance in drag while at yale law school 2.5K Travis Whitfill MPH @twhitfill 12K 94K Il 12M Hi Matt I was the source of the photo (sent through friends to you). This was taken in 2012 (the same time I was at Yale ). Photo was taken by a classmate and sent to me. Thanks for sharing 1:33 PM Aug 11, 2024 533.9K Views

Many internet users commented on the post shortly after, with X^[4] user @rjb_1998 writing on August 11th, "Wonder if America is different because convinced dressing up as a woman at uni for a night out is one of the straightest things a man can do in the UK." The post gathered over 4,000 likes in an hour (seen below, left).

Meanwhile, X^[5] user @ashtonpittman wrote that same day, "If you're gonna build a political career on being anti-LGBTQ, maybe make sure there aren't photos of you in (bad) drag first," gathering over 1,000 likes in roughly an hour (seen below, right).