Noted oddsmaker JD Vance says Trump has a 60% chance to win the election [Video]

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance suggested that former President Donald Trump has a 60 percent chance of winning the November election during an appearance on a podcast – despite the Ohio senator having no background in oddsmaking.

Vance was a guest on the Tuesday episode of comedian Theo Von’s podcast This Past Weekend. During the taping of the program, Vance was shown a projection by the betting site Kalshi that gave Trump a 57 percent chance of victory.

“Honestly, I think that chart’s about right,” he said. “I think that we’ve probably got about a 60 percent chance of winning.”

Candidates for public office are usually publically confident about their chances of winning but rarely make specific predictions. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris has argued that she’s the “underdog” in this race.

Vance added that voters “shouldn’t trust” the polls regardless of who’s in the lead, saying that Harris backers are likelier to take part …