JD Vance Owes Vanity Fair Photographer $1,000 After Marco Rubio Posts New Profile Pic

A lot of people are wondering what's going on with Secretary of State Marco Rubio's new profile picture:

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/EEhMfxNUB6
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 18, 2025

To explain, we have to go back a couple of days, when President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles learned not to talk to journalists from Vanity Fair, who wrote a hit-piece painting "an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative" about the state of the White House.

The New York Times, which apparently can't take a joke, reported on Tuesday that there was "underlying tension" between Vice President JD Vance and Rubio in the Vanity Fair photo shoot:

"The underlying tension came through when Mr. Vance posed for the magazine’s photographer. “I’ll give you $100 for every person you make look really shitty compared to me,” Mr. Vance joked. “And $1,000 if it’s Marco.”"https://t.co/NqVtDYpQeQ
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) December 16, 2025

This is so obviously a joke and busting chops and anyone who would describe it as tension is being willfully disingenuous or is an idiot. https://t.co/XXnwo8sXLf
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 16, 2025

Why not both?

In any case, Rubio caught wind of the "underlying tension" between himself and Vance and trolled The New York Times with a new profile picture. Vance responded:

I guess I owe that guy $1,000
— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 18, 2025

JD, this should have been your photo for Vanity Fair 🤣 pic.twitter.com/hWQr0f4anI
— Adam Lowisz X Meetup 🇺🇸🇵🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@AdamLowisz) December 18, 2025

JD Vance Owes Vanity Fair Photographer $1,000 After Marco Rubio Posts New Profile Pic

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