JD Vance fumbles Ohio State football championship trophy in White House visit

Ohio State University football player TreVeyon Henderson, left, holds the top of the team’s championship trophy as vice president JD Vance reaches to catch its base after it fell off (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Vice president JD Vance has ended the Ohio State University (OSU) football team’s visit to the White House on an awkward note, fumbling the team’s national championship trophy on Monday in front of gathered crowds.

After laudatory speeches by US President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Mr Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State graduate — tried to hoist the trophy aloft.