xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoVice President JD Vance arrives on Air Force Two, Monday, November 2, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. [Tom Brenner/Pool via AP]Published On 4 Nov 20264 Nov 2026Vice President JD Vance has blamed the war on Iran for his party’s withering midterms defeat, suggesting that the conflict may not have been worth ceding control of the US Congress to Democrats. “The reason we lost is the war.