Following Vice President J.D. Vance’s appearance on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, co-host Joy Behar and the show’s executive producer Brian Teta scurried off to record the daily episode of their Behind the Table podcast to, in part, commiserate about the interview. Generally happy with how it went, Behar predicted that every presidential hopeful needed to visit The View if they actually wanted the female vote in their corner.
At the top of the episode, Teta had praise for how Vance conducted himself:
TETA: So, J.D. Vance was our guest on the entire show today, and how do you feel like it went?
BEHAR: Well, I think that we, you know, we were actually kind to him, I think.
TETA: Mm-hmm I thought he was - I have to say very genial.
BEHAR: Yeah.
“We were able to ask whatever we wanted. And we asked tough questions. He answered, he definitely deflected plenty of them,” Teta added. “But at the same time, he was willing to sit with you guys and have this conversation which I respect.”
Behar chided in response: “Well, he wants to sell a book and he wants to run for president. Let’s be real.”
On their podcast, The View proclaims that "the bar is set" and presidential candidates NEED to come on the show like VP Vance.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 17, 2026
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Teta proclaimed that Vance had set the bar and that every presidential hopeful now had to visit The View. Behar took it further and said they needed to come if they wanted the female vote:
TETA: What I really like about it is I think now the bar is set and I think if you're running for president, you got to come on The View like J.D. Vance did.
BEHAR: They all will well they have to stop here. They want the female vote. Even if the most of our audience is not Republican.
Teta lamented that they didn’t get to ask Vance all their questions (probably because they kept shouting over and interrupting each other and Vance). Behar predicted that Vance would certainly be back:
TETA: Well, the problem with this, always, is we don't have enough time to get to all the questions.
BEHAR: I know.
TETA: I got a list of 20 more.
BEHAR: Get him back.
TETA: If he'll come back, I'd be happy to have him.
BEHAR: He'll come back.
TETA: You think so?
BEHAR: He wants to run for president, believe me he'll be back.
TETA: All right, so I won't give away any of the questions we had.
While Behar also said she had never voted for a Republican and that Democrats had “good heart[s]” (and the GOP didn’t), she admitted to telling Vance during a commercial break that he had a “good vibe” “for a Republican.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s Behind the Table
June 16, 2026
00:24BRIAN TETA: But first, I think we have to talk about this show we just finished.
JOY BEHAR: Yeah, of course. It was a most interesting show with J.D..
TETA: It was. J.D.? You're on a first the first initials basis with.
[Title card]
TETA: So, J.D. Vance was our guest on the entire show today, and how do you feel like it went?
BEHAR: Well, I think that we, you know, we were actually kind to him, I think.
TETA: Mm-hmm I thought he was - I have to say very genial.
BEHAR: Yeah.
TETA: He came on - I think he came on in good faith. You know, we had that conversation with some of the hosts before and we've talked about this.
BEHAR: Yeah.
TETA: Often people come here looking to disrupt.
BEHAR: Here’s my theory about J.D. Vance.
TETA: That he's running for president?
BEHAR: Totally running for president.
(…)
02:18
TETA: Here's what I liked. He came on willing to face - there were no rules on this interview.
BEHAR: No.
TETA: We were able to ask whatever we wanted.
BEHAR: He didn’t know what we were asking him.
TETA: And we asked tough questions. He answered, he definitely deflected plenty of them.
BEHAR: Right.
TETA: But at the same time, he was willing to sit with you guys and have this conversation which I respect.
BEHAR: Well, he wants to sell a book and he wants to run for president. Let’s be real.
TETA: Yes. Yeah, I think for sure. What I really like about it is I think now the bar is set and I think if you're running for president, you got to come on The View like J.D. Vance did.
BEHAR: They all will well they have to stop here. They want the female vote.
TETA: Yeah. I’d love to have -
BEHAR: Even if the most of our audience is not Republican.
TETA: I'd love to have Marco Rubio on. I'd love to have, really.
BEHAR: Put him on with Anna Navarro. That'll be interesting to watch.
TETA: Sure.
BEHAR: Talk about a cage match.
[Laughter]
TETA: It wouldn't be. It would be a respectful display and a nice discussion of ideas.
BEHAR: Okay.
(…)
04:42
BEHAR: Scapegoating. Scapegoating immigrants. Every autocrat, including Donald Trump, and you know all the rest of them all over the world. They find somebody to hate. They tap into that part of your brain that wants to believe that.
TETA: Well, the problem with this, always, is we don't have enough time to get to all the questions.
BEHAR: I know.
TETA: I got a list of 20 more.
BEHAR: Get him back.
TETA: If he'll come back, I'd be happy to have him.
BEHAR: He'll come back.
TETA: You think so?
BEHAR: He wants to run for president, believe me he'll be back.
TETA: All right, so I won't give away any of the questions we had.
(…)
