JD Vance Says He's Doing 'God's Work'

US vice-president JD Vance said he is carrying out what he described as God’s work and added that he would be comfortable if that work coincided with the end times, which he said he believes are coming.

Vance made the remarks during a Monday podcast interview with Bryce Crawford, an evangelical host aged 22 who has more than a million YouTube subscribers and whose channel includes videos framed with sensationalist headlines.

Focus on Faith, Not Prophecy

Discussing a Christian belief that the world as people know it will end, Vance said he does not claim certainty about how close such events may be. While he said he is interested in the idea, he warned that concentrating too heavily on apocalyptic timelines can be harmful.

He said that if his actions “lead to” the end times, that would be acceptable to him. He also argued that his efforts could instead help build a better world that lasts long after he is gone, which he described as a positive outcome.

Vance, who published a spiritual memoir earlier this summer after converting to Catholicism, suggested that end-times thinking may still be relevant regardless of whether it arrives months or thousands of years away.

“I think there are things about the world that make me feel” he said he would not be surprised if the antichrist were present among people.

Remarks on AI and Religion

Vance also linked his faith to concerns about technology. He cited an acquaintance who uses artificial intelligence as a marriage counsellor and described that approach as “kind of satanic”.

He argued that separating human relationships from the social context God intended is wrong, saying that developments that remove people from that human element can be “very bad”.

When asked whether he had been in an environment he considered “spiritually dark”, Vance said he has attended meetings with world leaders where political or strategic issues were discussed, and where he felt a sense of darkness after someone made an observation.

He said the feeling triggered what he described as immediate spiritual concern.

Defence of Trump’s Deleted Jesus-Style Image

The interview also touched on Donald Trump’s earlier use of an AI-generated photo that appeared to depict the president as Jesus. Crawford said the image upset him.

Vance defended Trump, saying the president did not mean to offend Christians. He said he believed Trump’s intention was not to mock God, adding that he thought Trump was using humour rather than trying to imitate or replicate divinity.

Vance described Trump in informal terms, calling him a “backslapper” and “a bit of a ball buster”.

Following criticism from Christian supporters, Trump deleted the image and said it was intended to be him as a doctor making people feel better, according to his explanation at the time.

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3 September 2026