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JD Vance: “I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill.”

On the recordApril 20, 2025
I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio

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Vance recalls his last meeting with Pope Francis before his death.

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