JD Vance jokes about skipping opener to watch Ohio State in title game

Vice President-elect JD Vance, a proud Ohio State alumnus, said in August that this Buckeyes team might be “the best” he’s seen in a long time. That will easily be resolved when Ohio State faces Notre Dame in the national championship game later this month, and Vance wants to be there to see it.

There’s just one small complication.

United States Vice President-elect Senator JD Vance (R-OH) reacts after the Electoral College vote was ratified during a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2024 presidential election at the US Capitol on January 6, 2025, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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President-elect Donald Trump and Vance will officially take over on January 20, the same day as the title game.

“I hope everyone is okay with me skipping the inauguration so I can go to the game for the national title”, Vance joked in a social media post.

Ohio State Buckeyes No. 1 Quinshon Judkins celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Texas Longhorns during the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium on January 10, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

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The former Ohio senator then posted a meme in response to his own X post with his two options: “Attend your own inauguration” or “Go watch the Buckeyes win a national title.”

The Buckeyes will have a chance to challenge for the program’s first national title since 2014 after defeating Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday night. Meanwhile, OUR LADY, who defeated Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Wednesday, is in the hunt for its 12th overall title and first since 1988.

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Vice President-elect JD Vance arrives for the counting of electoral college votes during a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives on Monday, January 6, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Vance will support his Buckeyes in Washington as Trump is sworn in for a second term in the White House.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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