TikTok’s fate has been up in the air since a law requiring its Chinese owner ByteDance to either sell it on national security grounds or face a ban took effect on January 19. U.S. President Donald Trump, after taking office on January 20, signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of the law.

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline. “There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns,

Vice President J.D. Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to transfer TikTok's U.S. operations to American ownership would be largely in place by the April 5 deadline set by the Trump administration.

There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,” he told NBC News during an interview aboard Air Force Two.

Vice President JD Vance said he expected President Donald Trump to wrap up a deal for TikTok and keep the popular video-sharing app operating in the US ahead of a deadline next month.

Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism TikTok will meet an early April deadline requiring it to find a U.S. buyer or face a ban in the country. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a China-based company,

TikTok has just weeks to find a U.S.-based owner before a nationwide ban takes effect—unless the president tries to extend the ban again.