Vance pushes back on report he questioned if Pentagon is misrepresenting U.S. missile stockpiles

In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance pushed back on a report in The Atlantic that he questioned if the Pentagon was misrepresenting the U.S.'s missile stockpiles.

Vance said the story "ascribed the views to me and things that I had allegedly said that I am just 100% certain that I have never said."

He added: "Nobody who actually knows what I think, nobody who's close to me was speaking to that reporter, because if they did, then it would have been a totally different story."

Vance acknowledged that "of course, I'm concerned about, you know, our readiness," but said it's his job to be concerned about such things. 

"It's, of course, my job to ask these questions," he said. "It's, of course, my job to make sure that we're on top of every issue."