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In the span of roughly a week, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) went from being anointed as former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate to having to fend off accusations about a sex act with a couch. Now, questions are surrounding an Associated Press (AP) fact-check about the couch myth that was retracted after publication. After Vance received the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination, a rumor circulated that on pages 179 through 181 of Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, he allegedly wrote about having sex with a latex glove wedged between two couch cushions. This rumor resulted in a flur…

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