A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network

US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha on Tuesday flew to Montana to reportedly meet Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the Wall Street Journal. The development came a day before the outlet published its sensational piece about Donald Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Vice President JD Vance reportedly met with News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch just hours before the Wall Street Journal published a surprise story about the friendship between President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

On Thursday’s (July 17) edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, O’Donnell touched on a recent Wall Street Journal report that alleged that, in 2003, Trump sent Epstein a letter for his 50th birthday that included the line, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” in addition to an imagined conversation between the pair.

The Wall Street Journal published a birthday note Donald Trump once wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, describing the financier as a “pal.”

Vance took to X on Thursday to grouse about the Wall Street Journal ’s reporting on an alleged letter from Trump to the infamous pedophile that was reportedly part of a birthday album for Epstein’s 50th birthday. The greeting is alleged to have included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to “secrets” both men shared.

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a Wall Street Journal report detailing a 2003 birthday letter allegedly written by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. The letter, found in a birthday album organized by Ghislaine Maxwell,

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taunted Vice President JD Vance over his reaction to the Wall Street Journal article claiming that President Donald Trump sent a "bawdy" letter to Jeffrey Epstein