As the Winter Olympics are underway in Milan, fake videos, AI-generated content and disinformation are flooding social media about the Games.

The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, found examples of this video of JD Vance looking concerned as loud boos are heard in the background being shared on X and Telegram.

One version of the clip reached more than 4 million views on X.

However, the video is not authentic.

Clip misrepresents Olympic Ceremony

The viral video appears to show Vance standing in the crowd and frowning as loud boos are heard. But comparisons with verified images of the actual opening ceremony show clear inconsistencies.

During the ceremony, Vance and his wife Usha were pictured standing in the crowd as the athlete's passed by in a procession. In official photographs, Vance is clearly pictured wearing a formal suit, not the windbreaker seen in the video.

Vance did later wear a windbreaker, but this was during a preliminary round of women's ice hockey, not the opening ceremony.

Reports from the event show that Vance was indeed booed by the crowd when images of him and his wife appeared on screen after athletes from team USA walked past.

One presenter on Canada's CBC News can be heard saying "those are alot of boos for him" as the cameras cut to the vice president. Journalists attending the ceremony also reported hearing boos as they sat in the stalls at the event.

However, the viral clip is not from the event, and there are further signs it is AI-generated....

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