Editing Billy Ray Cyrus (section)

===Political views===
Although Cyrus's song "We the People" was used as a [[campaign song]] by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]] in his [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential campaign]], Cyrus was reported as saying that he had been a lifelong [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=October 11, 2000 |title=Songs in the Key of Presidency |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/11/latimes.campaign.songs/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919120645/http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/11/latimes.campaign.songs/ |archive-date=September 19, 2012 }}</ref> He attended a fundraiser for [[Al Gore]] that year.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Another star-studded Gore fund-raiser |url=http://www.asismanagement.com/billy-ray-cyrus/press-releases/101700-the-tennessean.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802141026/http://www.asismanagement.com/billy-ray-cyrus/press-releases/101700-the-tennessean.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2003 |website=Asismanagement.com}}</ref>

In August 2024, Cyrus shared a photo on Instagram showing him next to Republican then-former president [[Donald Trump]], offering his endorsement to him in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="So glad Miley is done with him" — Internet reacts as Billy Ray Cyrus shares photo with Donald Trump ahead of US 2024 election |first=Nirali |last=Sheth |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/music/news-so-glad-miley-done-him-internet-reacts-billy-ray-cyrus-shares-photo-donald-trump-ahead-us-2024-election |access-date=April 2, 2025 |date=August 8, 2024 |website=Sportskeeda.com}}</ref> On January 20, 2025, he performed at the [[United States presidential inaugural balls|presidential inaugural ball]], which celebrated the commencement of Trump's second term.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Billy Ray Cyrus speaks out after technical difficulties during inaugural Liberty Ball performance|first=Mason |last=Leib |url=https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/billy-ray-cyrus-speaks-after-technical-difficulties-inaugural-liberty-ball/story?id=117959188 |access-date=January 22, 2025|date=January 21, 2025 |website=abcnews.go.com}}</ref>