Republican Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance said he would not consider Russian President Vladimir Putin an “enemy” during a Sunday interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker. The Ohio Republican and former President Donald Trump’s running mate instead said he would categorize Putin as an “adversary” and a “competitor” while cautioning against the language used against the

"I think that he's clearly an adversary. He is a competitor," Republican VP candidate J.D. Vance said when asked if he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin an enemy.

With the countdown to Election Day in the single digits, GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance returned to the familiar Sunday show stage. In his sometimes hostile sit-downs with three networks, Vance zoomed in on foreign policy while touting an image of former President Trump as a "candidate of peace,

We’re not in a war with him, and I don’t want to be in a war with Vladimir Putin’s Russia,” Vance said when pressed on whether Russia is an enemy.