Read more live updates below.JD Vance To Lead Face-To-Face Talks With IranVice President JD Vance will lead the U.S. negotiating team heading to Pakistan to negotiate in-person with Iran during the ceasefire, the White House announced Wednesday.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Vance would be joined by special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for the talks that are expected to begin Saturday in Islamabad.Speaking at a White House press conference, Leavitt noted Vance is the president's right-hand man, and he will be “leading this new phase of negotiations.”Leavitt announces that Trump is "dispatching his negotiating team led by the vice president, JD Vance, special envoy Witkoff, and Mr. Kushner to Islamabad for talks this weekend" pic.twitter.com/s7YBQq8Qbl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2026See All UpdatesClose