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Purported AI-Generated Image Depicting JD Vance and Usha Vance in Public Altercation Circulated on Social Media
- Occurred
- Dec 9, 2025
- Published
- Dec 10, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A fabricated image purportedly depicting U.S. Vice President JD Vance arguing with his wife, Usha Vance, in a restaurant circulated on Facebook and X in December 2025. The image was later confirmed by its creator to have been generated using ChatGPT and falsely presented as an authentic photograph. The image was shared alongside speculative claims about the Vances' marriage.
Developers
- OpenAI
Deployers
- Keith Edwards
Harmed parties
- Usha Vance
- JD Vance
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated image used to deceive public about political figures' personal lives.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8