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Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks a midterm campaign rally at JRJ Construction in Weatherford (AP)

Vice President JD Vance faced widespread backlash after responding to a student's question about housing affordability with an off-topic joke about Ohio Senator Jon Husted's rear.

During a Fox News town hall at Texas Christian University, student Kate White asked Vance how young Americans could afford homes with average prices exceeding $415,000.

Vance initially deflected by bringing up host Jesse Watters ' earlier comment about Husted's physique, a topic Donald Trump had previously repeated on the campaign trail.

When eventually addressing the question, Vance blamed undocumented immigration and Wall Street investors for housing costs, while advising the student to get married and have kids regardless of financial timing.

Political commentators and public figures condemned the exchange as tone-deaf and inappropriate for a leader addressing…