A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry after U.S. border authorities found a meme of JD Vance on his phone, but DHS ...

A Norwegian tourist claims DHS barred them from the U.S. because they had the meme on their phone. DHS denies it, but now the ...

Blevins likened the intent behind the "JD Vance killed Pope Francis" meme with the case of people falsely claiming Vance wrote about having sex with a couch in his 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy." ...

Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that, no, agents did not stop a Norwegian traveler who showed them a meme of a bald Vice President JD Vance. “Fact Check: FALSE,” the CBP wrote on X. “Mads ...

Irish lawmaker Ivana Bacik held up a meme depicting Vice President JD Vance, in her country's parliament on Tuesday following reports a 21-year-old Norwegian tourist was refused access to the U.S ...

Tourist found with JD Vance meme on phone. 21-year-old Mads Mikkelsen (not the famous one) tells Norwegian newspaper Nordlys that he was pulled aside by customs officials at Newark Airport.

In late June 2025, social media exploded with a rumor that a tourist from Norway, 21-year-old Mads Mikkelsen, was denied entry to the United States due to a meme on his phone poking fun at U.S ...

Ultimately, memes like "JD Vance killed Pope Francis" will continue to be conjured up as long as users continue finding Vance to be dislikable, Blevins said. And in the meantime, ...

JD Vance memes spread across the internet. Vance memes, edited images of the vice president's face, have gotten so popular on X that people are collecting them like trading cards, according to Forbes.