Concerns have recently been raised regarding the president’s health.

JD Vance has drawn attention after giving a notably unusual response when asked about Donald Trump’s well-being.

Speculation intensified after the president was seen with a noticeable bruise on his hand, which appeared to be concealed under heavy makeup. Additionally, earlier this summer, Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) — a condition where the veins in the legs are unable to circulate blood effectively.

This diagnosis came shortly before his 79th birthday in June. Trump, who was inaugurated at age 78, is the oldest person to assume the office of the presidency.

Given these circumstances, Vice President JD Vance was questioned about the president’s health and whether he would be ready to take over if the situation required.

“I’ve had a lot of on-the-job training in the last 200 days, but the president is in incredibly good health. He’s got incredible energy,” Vance, 41, told USA Today.

“While most of the people who work around the president of the United States are younger than he is, I think that we find that he’s actually the last person to go to sleep, he’s the last person making phone calls at night, and he’s the first person who wakes up and is the first person making phone calls in the morning.”

Vance did note that ‘terrible tragedies happen’, but he feels ‘very confident that [Trump] is in good shape’ and that he will serve the remainder of his term as president.

He added: “If God forbid there is a terrible tragedy, I can’t think of better on-the-job training than what I’ve gotten in the last 200 days.”

People have since reacted to Vance’s comments and hailed them as ‘strange’.

One person said: “Strange thing to say as the person who is VP, no?”

A second suggested that Vance was ‘foreshadowing’ and that his reply was ‘ominous’.

Somebody else wrote on Twitter: “What an incredibly odd thing to say.”

Another noted: “Interesting choice of words – the phrasing feels a bit ominous, but it’s standard VP talk about succession readiness.”

“Why are they laying down that kind of groundwork,” questioned a different social media user regarding the reporter’s line of questioning.

White House physician Sean Barbabella previously described Trump as being in ‘good health’ and said that he’s ‘fully fit to execute the duties of Commander-in-Chief’.