Article continues below advertisementJ.D. Vance took to X to reveal how he learned of Charlie Kirk's death and pay tribute to him. "A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what," Vance began. "Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.