Vice President Vance has postponed a town hall with CBS News that was scheduled for next week "due to the war" in the Middle East, the network announced on Thursday.
"A new date and more details to come soon," a network statement posted on the social platform X said.
Vance was supposed to participate in a sit-down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil on March 14 as part of the network's "Things That Matter" town hall series, where he would have likely faced questions about the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran.
The vice president has previously dismissed the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran, even as tensions have sharply escalated since the U.S. and Israel first launched joint airstrikes against Tehran early Saturday morning, targeting the Iranian regime's leadership as well as nuclear and military sites.
Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), told reporters on Thursday that American bombers had struck nearly 200 targets "deep inside of Iran" in the last 72 hours. He also said U.S. forces had struck and set on fire a large Iranian drone carrier ship as they stepped up attacks on Iran's navy.
Iran has retaliated with missile launches against Israel and American targets, including strikes against U.S. bases and embassies in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Explosions were heard across the Middle East on Thursday as an Israeli military official declared that the "next stage of the campaign" against Iran was underway.
"After completing the stage of the surprise opening blow, in which we created air superiority and suppressed the ballistic missile array, we are now moving to the next phase of the campaign, in which we will intensify the strike on the foundations of the regime and its military capabilities," said Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), according to The Times of Israel.
While Israeli officials have framed the operation as being more openly focused on toppling the regime, U.S. leaders have largely centered their justification on eliminating Iran's nuclear and military threats.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during the briefing on Thursday that the amount of firepower over Iran was "about to surge dramatically," saying the U.S. has enough munitions to keep the operation going as long as necessary.
Republicans on Capitol Hill have so far been able to stave off attempts to rein in Trump's ability to continue military action against Iran without obtaining congressional approval, defeating a pair of war powers resolutions in back-to-back votes this week.