J.D. Vance says he and his daughter had a scary run-in with protesters Saturday afternoon … ’cause he claims a few overzealous supporters of Ukraine chased them down.

The vice president described the alleged interaction on X … writing that while walking with his three-year-old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters yelled at and followed them — which made his daughter anxious and scared

Vance says he tried to defuse the situation by speaking with the protesters in hopes of stopping them for harassing her — a move which he says worked, by and large.

Worth noting … there’s no video of the incident VP Vance is describing. We’ve reached out for further clarification on what went down from the Secret Service — so far, no word back.

Vance and his wife Usha share three children — Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel — and the latter two have made multiple appearances at big political events. Ewan has mostly avoided the spotlight.

As you know … tension regarding the relationship between the United States and Ukraine have exploded in recent days — especially after the fraught meeting between Vance, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Remember, Vice President Vance told President Zelensky he needed to be more grateful to President Trump because he was trying to save Ukraine … the beginning of a spiral that led to a shouting match, and eventually saw Zelensky booted from the White House.

Pro-Ukraine protesters gathered in Vermont to demonstrate while Vance went on a skiing trip in the state after the meeting … and, one irate person even asked him what it feels like to be “Putin’s puppet.”

Justin Bieber seems to be claiming he’s got nothing to prove to anyone, and he doesn’t owe the world anything … sharing it all in a cryptic social media post.

The singer-songwriter uploaded a text post on a white background to his Instagram story Saturday morning … and, he seems to be further addressing all the speculation about his health.

He says straight up that nobody has “anything to prove today” and “Nothing is owed to us. And we don’t owe anyone anything.”

We broke the story … Justin and his wife Hailey fired back at all the rumors that he was using drugs again in — saying through a rep that rumors about Justin using again were absolutely not true.

They also called the persistent narrative about Justin’s mental and physical health “exhausting and pitiful and shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”

ICYMI … photos of Justin appearing tired and a bit disheveled in public threw social media into a frenzy — though our sources told us he appeared exhausted because he’s working on new music and taking care of his newborn son, Jack.

Kim Zolciak‘s relieved she’s “finally free” from Kroy Biermann … breaking down onstage while talking about her divorce — and, clearly she feels like she’s been under immense pressure.

The reality television star appeared at a live taping of a new show Kristin Cavallari is landing with NBC … and, they dove into Zolciak’s divorce — the first time KZ’s really sat down and discussed it.

While we don’t have video of the two diving deep into it … sources at the event tell TMZ they chatted for a good 20 minutes about the topic — and, at one point it got super emotional.

As we told you … Kroy got a new job late last year — but, Kim says it was his first since 2015 when he left the NFL after eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. Since then, Kroy says she’s been working and bringing in money to support their family even though she says he has money in his 401k he could spend.

As you know … Kim and Kroy first  filed for divorce back in May 2023 — and, the last two years have been drama-filled. Cops repeatedly visited the Biermann-Zolciak house, which only recently sold for $2.75 million, to mediate multiple domestic disputes.