JD Vance got followed by a meme van in the English countryside

US Vice President JD Vance just got an unplanned escort through the English countryside — courtesy of a giant meme and a crowdfunded campaign van.

The meme, which shows Vance as a bald baby, first made headlines when a tourist claimed they were denied entry to the US after border officials found the image on their phone.

Now, it’s been scaled up, slapped on a van, and driven across the Cotswolds to follow Vance on his UK trip.

The stunt comes from Everyone Hates Elon, a campaign group that raised nearly £5,000 to bring the meme to life.

Their aim? To highlight what they call the hypocrisy of Vance’s comments that the UK “has no free speech.”

“This is what free speech looks like,” reads their message across the van — a visual mic-drop.

Crowdfunded mobile billboards have been a go-to format for protest groups in recent years. Led By Donkeys used the format to troll politicians with past quotes, while the group Stop Brexit used ad vans to project economic forecasts onto landmarks.

The use of internet-native imagery and viral aesthetics has become standard protest language — and this campaign shows that even memes can now get you flagged at the border.

Or follow you through rural Gloucestershire.

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