J.D. Vance: “I think it's totally reasonable to say there needs to be a political solution to that problem.”

Vance smiled at the lectern, taking it in. Similar friendly outbursts continued throughout his speech, in which he talked about the kind of country he wanted to raise his children in.

We don't need a congressman in a tight race to be there in all cases.

If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people," he said, "then that's what I'm going to do.

Vance is expected to land Monday afternoon at Fairbanks International Airport, where the rally will take place.