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JD Vance

Vice President · Republican Party

Some bluff & spin

Bluff42%Spin12%

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Against the field

JD Vance

Republican · US

4th highest BS Index of 9

Some bluff & spin

BS Index · 27Lower is better

0 · straight talk50

Accuracy · 58% of checked claims hold upHigher is better

0%100%

Answers · 88% of questions answered straightHigher is better

0%100%

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Five Tells

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Unsupported claims 42% Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half) Self-contradictions – Not checked yet Dodged questions 12% Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half) Emotional appeal 12% Emotional passages used in place of an answer or evidence, or off the subject. Emotion that fits the subject is not counted Vague answers Shown, not scored – Not measured yet

Each spoke shows how often it happened: further out means more often. The BS Index goes up with the first four; a hollow dot is context only and does not change the score.

What makes up the score

Definitions

Accuracy58%

Checked claims that hold upadds 21.2 of 50.0

Supported“the Iranians are trying to terrorize the world economy by shooting at commercial shipping.” Interview, 5 Oct 2026 · CNBC · Reuters via NBC News

Supported“They're hitting some ships, but not enough to stop the flow of oil and gas.” Interview, 5 Oct 2026 · Reuters via NBC News · CNBC

Partly supported“as the president said, the nuclear program's been destroyed” Interview, 5 Oct 2026 · Institute for Science and International Security · RFE/RL (via GlobalSecurity.org)

All 99 checked claims, with sources

Answers questions88%

Questions answered straightadds 6.2 of 50.0

AnsweredQ: “Mr. Vice President, let's start here. Can you tell me about where things stand with Iran right now?” Reuters interview with Jacob Bogage in Fairbanks, Alaska, 5 Oct 2026 · transcript

Partly answeredQ: “You've played a pivotal role in terms of American foreign policy writ large, turning how the US engages on the world's stage from conflicts without di…” Reuters interview with Jacob Bogage in Fairbanks, Alaska, 5 Oct 2026 · transcript

AnsweredQ: “You talk about preventing regional proliferation. Is that a goal that has expanded from the original goal of this operation?” Reuters interview with Jacob Bogage in Fairbanks, Alaska, 5 Oct 2026 · transcript

All 73 questions

ConsistencyNot checked

No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score

Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.

Substance88%

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

26 emotional passages labelled, 3 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.