We looked into the claim, and found that while Vance converted to Catholicism in adulthood, Biden indeed became the first Catholic vice president when he took office alongside then-President Barack Obama in 2009. In 2021, Biden became the second Catholic president, after former President John F. Kennedy.

JD Vance, a 40-year-old senator who transformed himself from a biting critic of Donald J. Trump to one of his fiercest defenders, was elected the next vice president of the United States on Wednesday, becoming the third youngest and among the least experienced and most polarizing politicians ever to hold the office.