Kmflett's Blog

18th January

The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that JD Vance US Vice President on will not be on the Beard of Winter shortlist.

The shortlist will be unveiled in the next few days and after a series of on-line polls the Beard of Winter 2026 will be announced on 31st January.

The campaigners say that facial hair of any kind is rare in the White House historically let alone a beard.

Vance is the first VP with a beard since 1909.

However the four seasonal Beard Awards, which start with Winter, are about those who promote a positive image of the hirsute. The campaigners say that there is significant doubt about whether Vance will do this.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we will continue to monitor how JD Vance deploys his beard as Vice President. We haven’t ruled out including him on a future shortlist but for now he’s not on one.