BURSTVice President Vance joked Thursday morning about Secretary of State Marco Rubio taking over for comedian Jimmy Kimmel as an additional job after ABC pulled Kimmel off the air Wednesday night.
“Everyone please congratulate @marcorubio, the new host of ABC's late night show!” Vance wrote Thursday morning in a post on the social platform X, referencing the multiple roles Rubio has held during President Trump’s second term.
Back in May, Trump announced he was naming Rubio to replace former national security adviser Mike Waltz on an interim basis. Rubio was also made the acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by Trump in February.
Rubio handed the USAID role to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought last month as the administration shuts down the foreign aid agency.
“I joked with @realDonaldTrump that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend Russ Vought. So I did,” Rubio wrote in a post to Truth Social at the time.
Rubio, who is also acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration, joked about his many hats during a Cabinet meeting before Labor Day.
“This is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life as someone with four jobs,” Rubio said, prompting laughs around the table.
On Wednesday, Trump celebrated ABC’s move to pull Kimmel off the air indefinitely due to his comments on conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The president referred to the decision as “Great News for America."
“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even [Stephen] Colbert, if that’s possible.”
Both Kimmel and Colbert are heavy critics of the president, often going after him on their respective late-night shows. Colbert also recently had his own show canceled, a move that drew heavy backlash from Democrats.
ABC's decision to pull Kimmel's show came shortly after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses, during an interview with right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson.
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”