JD Vance sex slur is deleted by AP after wire agency decided to 'fact-check' lurid claim about GOP VP pick's sexual preferences

The Associated Press has deleted an article wherever they fact-checked a chaotic declare astir Donald Trump's VP prime JD Vance.

The ligament agency sparked backlash aft it published a portion connected Wednesday titled, 'No, JD Vance did not person activity pinch a couch.' 

However, by nan adjacent day, nan AP had removed nan article from its archives, pinch nan page reside showing it is now unavailable.

A spokesperson for nan AP told Semafor editor Max Tani that nan fact-check connected Vance 'didn’t spell done nan ligament service’s modular editing process.'

'The AP is looking into really it was published,' Tani added connected X.

'The spokesperson besides emphasizes that nan portion did not spell retired connected nan ligament to AP customers.' 

The now-deleted article came aft memes began circulating connected societal media  repeating a mendacious rumor that claimed Vance wrote astir having activity pinch a sofa connected his best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy.

High-profile names specified arsenic comedienne Kathy Griffin appeared to autumn for nan clone news, writing: 'I don’t deliberation we should person a couchf***er arsenic our vice president. That’s conscionable me. Sorry JD.'

DailyMail.com has reached retired to nan Associated Press for remark connected this story.