A country music icon thinks he may have just found a new limb on his family tree, and the idea might just Run Away With You.
John Rich, half of the Big & Rich musical duo, does not need a Fake ID to show that there could be some connection between him and Vice President JD Vance.
Posting to X, Rich wrote, “That’s my Dad on the left…My great grandmother was a Vance from Kentucky. @JDVance @VP.”
This is not the first time Rich has decided to Save A Horse and ride a wave of speculation.
He posted something similar to Facebook in December, this time adding, “ I think I’m related to the VP Elect Hey @JDVance when’s the family reunion?”
Some commenters doubted the photo’s authenticity. “I’m not sure if this is real or one of the JD meme going around,” X user Abigail Jackson responded.
However, Rich insisted that it was real, responding, “Pretty sure meme makers don’t have a picture of my Dad from 1980:)”
Others expressed disbelief.
“Wait, what?” Mindy Robinson posted in response.
In a seeming nonsequitur, Rich was briefly Rollin’ with royalty. The monarch of big cats, aka Joe Exotic, responded to the posting, “Free Joe Exotic.”
If Rich and Vance are truly related, this would not be the first time one of America’s top elected officials shared kinship with a celebrity.
Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck are distant cousins of former President Barack Obama; Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner, and Princess Diana are distant cousins of former President George W Bush, Business Insider reported. Late former President Jimmy Carter claimed to be related to June Carter; however, it is unclear if this was true.
Occasionally, celebrities marry into presidential families. Action movie star and bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, married Marie Shriver, the daughter of Eunice Kennedy and Sargeant Shriver. They were married in 1986 and divorced in 2021.
Jenna Bush Hager has become a celebrity in her own right, hosting popular morning television programs such as Today With Hoda & Jenna—now, Today With Jenna & Friends—after growing up in the public spotlight as the granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush and daughter of President George W. Bush.