Vice President JD Vance appeared to use the recent rumours about President Donald Trump’s health to discredit the media, but it was a swing and a miss.

“If the media you consumed told you that Donald Trump was on his death bed because he didn’t do a press conference for 3 days, imagine what else they’re lying to you about,” Vance, who regularly attacks the press, posted on X.

In reality, no reputable media outlet ever reported such a thing. The rumours about Trump’s health lived on social networks — largely on the one owned by onetime Trump pal Elon Musk — and began circulating when Trump disappeared from the public eye for a few days, appeared with large bruises on his hand and made strange comments about hoping he gets into heaven.

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