In the mafia-like world of the White House where loyalty tests are routine and macho threats the norm, JD Vance might have hoped for omertà from his actual family. Instead, both the vice president and the president himself find themselves described by one of JD’s close relatives as “useful idiots” serving Vladimir Putin.

Nate Vance, a former U.S. Marine who fought for Ukraine, condemns his cousin, Vice President J.D. Vance, for his dismissive treatment of President Zelenskyy.