'Is this AI?': JD Vance's photos training with Navy SEALs has netizens shocked

JD Vance is the 50th vice president of the United States of America and one of Donald Trump's favourite MAGA men. With his controversial comments making more negative headlines by the day, the 41-year-old has been making use of media optics to slowly make a place in the American hearts.

Recently, Vance trained with US Navy SEALs in California and the photos of the same have been making rounds on the internet. The father of three engaged in a 90-minute workout with the agents, which left him feeling like he'd been "hit by a freight train."

JD Vance's Navy SEAL workout

The images being shared online show Vance carrying logs, rowing in the ocean, running on the beach and climbing a rope obstacle course along with a group of SEALs. The vice president completed multiple trainings with the officials at a facility in Coronado, California, as per Fox News. "Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes. They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train," Vance wrote in an X post Monday.

He also took the moment to praise the military's special operations forces, adding that he is "so grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world."

Netizens react to JD Vance's photos

The photos of Vance performing various training tasks with the SEAL agents have been doing the rounds online and for once, Americans seem impressed by their vice president's strength and endurance.

Conservative journalist Eric Daugherty took to X to share the photos of Vance, writing, "Photos were just released of JD Vance training with U.S. NAVY SEALS at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado BAD*SS! That's 48."


"He looks pretty jacked carrying the log," commented an X user.

"Tim Walz could never," added another user sharing photos comparing the physiques of the two.

"Is this AI?," one questioned.

"That makes me want to vote for him," claimed another.

"Insane! This has never been done before by a VP...not that I recall. Thank you, sir!," praised another.

"J.D. Vance is putting the “Commander” in “Commander-in-Chief” early," another commented.

JD Vance: America's fittest Vice President?

Vance is a US Marine Corps veteran who served in the Iraq War. He enlisted in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq in 2005 in the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, where he worked in public affairs.

He has previously shared that his time in uniform shaped his views on national security, the costs of war and the responsibility leaders hold when deploying troops. He is the youngest person to occupy the title of vice president at the age of 40 and, inarguably the fittest one yet.

In an August episode of The Katie Miller Podcast, he shared that he exercised up to five times a week, two to three days of weightlifting and a day or two of cardio. He also shared that he practises intermittent fasting and eats two meals a day.

As compared to Trump's vice president during the first term, Michael Pence and the Democrat vice president nominee for the 2024 elections, Tim Walz, JD Vance is truly the most fitting choice for the esteemed position. This remains a fact whether or not the public aligns with his controversial actions and comments.