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J. D. Vance: “The first one, the Senate campaign, cost $45 million.”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Podcast Conversation with Vice President J.D. Vance at Kid Rock's Nashville Restaurant

Published | Video Starts at 54:46

If I hadn't won, I wouldn't be sitting here. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Because then I became the vice president, so I basically won. I've run two campaigns in my life. The first one, the Senate campaign, cost $45 million. The second one, presidential campaign, I think that we spent, like, $1.2 billion. Okay. So it costs a lot of money. Well, the president, obviously, is the leader. (54:46–54:50)

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