Jonathan Van Ness has endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in the 2020 Democratic primary.
The 32-year-old revealed his HIV-positive status in a New York Times profile last week, ahead of the Sept. 24 release of his memoir. Then, during an interview Wednesday, Van Ness told Build Series that he realized he had a significant role to play and a responsibility to support people living with HIV after publicly sharing his status. (Both Build Series and HuffPost are a part of Verizon Media.)
Thats why Im endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren for president, the Queer Eye star said. He revealed that his support for her was cemented after a difficult experience seeking medication last month.
Van Ness said he misplaced his daily HIV medication while he was traveling between New York and Philadelphia.
I just was not thinking, so I left my medicine in New York City and I got to Philly and realized I didnt have my medication, he said.
He visited a pharmacy late at night and, after dealing with his insurance company, had to pay $3,500 for the prescription. He was frustrated, both by the inconvenience of being unable to simply get a single replacement pill, and by the high cost, which he would have been unable to afford three years ago.
","type":"video","meta":{"author":"BUILD Series","author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZmCCcrhNaXhWYvZNIolWg","cache_age":86400,"description":"Jonathan Van Ness explains how his HIV+ experience led him to endorse candidate Elizabeth Warren for President of the United States.","options":{"_end":{"label":"End on","placeholder":"ex.: 11, 1m10s","value":""},"_start":{"label":"Start from","placeholder":"ex.: 11, 1m10s","value":""},"click_to_play":{"label":"Hold load & play until clicked","value":false}},"provider_name":"YouTube","thumbnail_height":720,"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmo7kIEhKSk/maxresdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"title":"Jonathan Van Ness Endorses Elizabeth Warren For President","type":"video","url":"https://action.news/watch?v=mmo7kIEhKSk","version":"1.0"},"flags":[],"fullBleed":false,"options":{"theme":"news","device":"mobile","editionInfo":{"id":"us","name":"U.S.","link":"https://action.news","locale":"en_US"},"originalEdition":"us","isMapi":false,"isAmp":false,"isVideoEntry":false,"isEntry":true,"isMt":false,"entryId":"5d8cd4e5e4b0019647a4c41c","entryPermalink":"https://action.news/entry/jonathan-van-ness-elizabeth-warren-endorsement_n_5d8cd4e5e4b0019647a4c41c","entryTagsList":"health,elizabeth-warren,hiv,medicare-for-all,queer-eye-tv-series,jonathan-van-ness,medication","sectionSlug":"politics","deptSlug":"politics-news","sectionRedirectUrl":null,"subcategories":"entertainment,queer-voices","isWide":false,"headerOverride":null,"noVideoAds":false,"disableFloat":false,"isNative":false,"commercialVideo":{"provider":"custom","site_and_category":"us.politics","package":null},"isHighline":false,"vidibleConfigValues":{"cid":"60afc111dcf87c2cd2f5d8bf","overrides":{"front_page_top_videos":{"desktop":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","mobileweb":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d"},"top_media":{"desktop":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","mobile":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"anthology":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"content":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"}},"playerUpdates":{"5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","56aa41bae4b091744c0440d8":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81","5841b2b5cc52c716ec6e5a7f":"60b8e355cdd90620331ba185","58b5e2b8d85a10302feee895":"60b64316b171b7444beafdb2","58b74698f78ced31417819ae":"60b8e5bec5449357a7ad9b52","58b74ccecebcea57e2c3a3d1":"60b8e5eac5449357a7ad9ca5","58cff690d85a100b9992bc39":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","58cffb3fb6d9b972a49a3c9d":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","58cffdd74d96935d7d6ec180":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","58d03a84f78ced6518eb2fa7":"60b643c82e76be41f112735c","592edf20e0fa177b0c26f7fd":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","5b35266b158f855373e28256":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","5c116f29f79c4171d82b7c2a":"60b64440b171b7444beb040b","5c1170fc600c9a697bf0c6b9":"60b646102e76be41f1127ffc","5c47791afa1b317df8ae0c4f":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","5c477987a6b48b35f164773d":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","5c4779ee943c3c2a64f28371":"60b8e747cdd90620331bb861","5c477a26fcd67b26879bc7c2":"60b8e788c5449357a7ada67b","5d8921a78c3ae845f366c9b6":"60ae7be5f3a7c13a30417ff9","58b98b00ba82aa39a6534321":"60d0de7c9340d7032ad1146c","58b9d14cb6d9b96c9ec32af3":"60d0dec19340d7032ad115a0","58cff8eccebcea42931e0436":"60d0e005b627221e9d819d44","592edf5de0fa177b0c26f95b":"60d0e38fb627221e9d81adcf","58cff72fd85a100b9992c112":"60d0e447b627221e9d81b0da","56b4d34fe4b022697697c400":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","60b8e4c0c5449357a7ad957d":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81"}},"connatixConfigValues":{"defaultPlayer":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","clickToPlayPlayer":"d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0","videoPagePlayer":"f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145","verticalPlayer":"e58cb05a-0bc8-4210-9108-fea82726c065","stickyPlayerControl":"52ea1755-d601-4ad1-bccc-d8cce3f0e5da","stickyPlayerON":"8055e9e5-3bda-4933-8d45-9ad814fb6e22"},"topConnatixThumnbailSrc":"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=","customAmpComponents":[],"ampAssetsUrl":"https://amp.assets.huffpost.com","videoTraits":null,"positionInUnitCounts":{"buzz_head":{"count":0},"buzz_body":{"count":0},"buzz_bottom":{"count":0}},"positionInSubUnitCounts":{"article_body":{"count":10},"blog_summary":{"count":0},"before_you_go_content":{"count":0}},"connatixCountsHelper":{"count":1},"buzzfeedTracking":{"context_page_id":"5d8cd4e5e4b0019647a4c41c","context_page_type":"buzz","destination":"huffpost","mode":"mobile","page_edition":"en-us"},"tags":[{"name":"Health","slug":"health","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/health","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/health","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/health"},"relegenceId":4054081,"department":{"name":"Life","slug":"lifestyle"},"section":{"title":"Wellness","slug":"healthy-living"},"topic":{"title":"How We Live: Wellness","slug":"how-we-live-wellness","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/life/topic/how-we-live-wellness"},{"name":"Elizabeth Warren","slug":"elizabeth-warren","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/elizabeth-warren","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/elizabeth-warren","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/elizabeth-warren"},"relegenceId":3584437,"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Elizabeth Warren","slug":"elizabeth-warren","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/elizabeth-warren"},{"name":"HIV","slug":"hiv","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/hiv","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/hiv","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/hiv"},"relegenceId":6084801,"department":{"name":"Life","slug":"lifestyle"},"section":{"title":"Wellness","slug":"healthy-living"},"topic":{"title":"Know Your Power","slug":"know-your-power","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/life/topic/know-your-power"},{"name":"Medicare-for-all","slug":"medicare-for-all","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/medicare-for-all","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/medicare-for-all","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/medicare-for-all"},"department":{"name":"Latest News","slug":"politics-news"},"section":{"title":"Politics","slug":"politics"},"topic":{"title":"Medicare","slug":"medicare","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/news/topic/medicare"},{"name":"queer eye tv series","slug":"queer-eye-tv-series","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/queer-eye-tv-series","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/queer-eye-tv-series","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/queer-eye-tv-series"},"department":{"name":"Voices","slug":"voices"},"section":{"title":"Queer Voices","slug":"queer-voices"},"topic":{"title":"Queer Eye","slug":"queer-eye","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://action.news/voices/topic/queer-eye"},{"name":"Jonathan Van Ness","slug":"jonathan-van-ness","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/jonathan-van-ness","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/jonathan-van-ness","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/jonathan-van-ness"},"url":"https://action.news/topic/jonathan-van-ness"},{"name":"medication","slug":"medication","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/medication","permalink":"https://action.news/topic/medication","mobileWebLink":"https://action.news/topic/medication"},"url":"https://action.news/topic/medication"}],"isLiveblogLive":null,"isLiveblog":false,"cetUnit":"buzz_body","bodyAds":["\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n"],"adCount":0},"isCollectionEmbed":false,"enhancements":{}}">
_(720p).jpg)
 OFFICIAL HD MUSIC VIDEO.jpg)
.jpg)
