As Vice President J.D. Vance walked to his seat in the balcony, a chorus of boos began to spread across the venue.

Vice President Vance was met by a chorus of boos from audience members at the Kennedy Center while attending a National Symphony Orchestra performance late Thursday. The former Ohio senator responded to the jeers with a smile while waving to the crowd and sipping his wine in the video captured by Andrew Roth,

As patrons settled in for a program of Shostakovich and Stravinsky by the National Symphony Orchestra, their attention turned to the first balcony, where Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha took their seats in front of a grim-faced Secret Service detail.