SNL” star Bowen Yang jokingly called Vice President JD Vance a “pope killer” on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” sending Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts into fits of laughter. Yang’s roundtable chat on “The View” pivoted to Vance because Yang has portrayed the “Hillbilly Elegy” author on “SNL.

SNL cast member Bowen Yang told "The View" on Thursday that he felt there was a better person to play JD Vance on the show and joked that the vice president was a "pope killer."

Yang was reluctant to portray the Vice President on "SNL" even before Vance had the final meeting with Pope Francis the day before he died.