Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to sell TikTok and keep the social media app running in the U.S. would largely be in place by an April deadline.

ByteDance has until April 5 to either divest from TikTok or see its platform banned from American app stores. It’s hazy if Trump will extend the deadline

US Vice President JD Vance stated that an agreement allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US is almost certainly going to be reached. According to him, this will happen by April 5, the deadline for the sale,

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Friday he expects a "high level" TikTok deal by the April 5 deadline. "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.

U.S. President Donald Trump will try to deal with TikTok in the time frame that he has, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox Business in an interview on Friday, without offering any further detail.

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.

After taking office, President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed enforcement of the statute until April 5. However, no action has been taken by TikTok yet to reverse the ban.