US Vice President Vance cheers on US ice hockey team in Milan

U.S. Vice President JD Vance stood and clapped as the United States women's team scored against the Czech Republic on Thursday (February 5) in their opening game of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The vice president and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived at the Milano Rho venue to no fanfare at the 5,800-capacity arena, where the top-ranked United States began their campaign for a third Olympic gold in front of plenty of U.S. fans who did not appear to notice the presence of the politicians. Vance quietly chanted along to "USA! USA! USA!" with the crowd after Joy Dunne sent the U.S. 2-0 up and cheered again as the team made it 3-0 in the second period. Vance, accompanied by his wife Usha, had arrived at Milan's Malpensa Airport earlier on Thursday and said he would be "rooting for" Team USA across all sports.