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After graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000<ref name="vucci-linkedin"/> Vucci moved to [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], [[North Carolina]] and took a 30-hour-a-week position at
In late 2003, Vucci accepted a position at the Associated Press, where he currently still works. One of Vucci’s most iconic shots came from Iraq while he was working for AP. On Sunday, December 14, 2008, Vucci was in a press conference with then-President [[George W. Bush]] in [[Baghdad]]. The joint press conference was to announce the signing of a [[status of forces agreement]], which allowed US troops to remain in [[Iraq]]. During the press conference, [[Iraqis|Iraqi]] journalist [[Muntadhar al-Zaidi]] threw a shoe at then-President Bush.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28431614 |title=Shoe-throwing journalist's trial postponed - Conflict in Iraq |newspaper=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=May 24, 2010}}</ref>
In 2008, Vucci made several visits to [[Forward operating base|Forward Operating Base]] Marez in [[Mosul]], Iraq profiling soldiers and their stories. His primary focus was a Cavalry Scout Platoon from Killer Troop, 3d Squadron, [[3d Armored Cavalry Regiment]] (3 ACR). He spent several weeks embedded with the platoon filming their patrols and lives spent at a Combat Outpost in Western Mosul. Many of those soldiers were wounded and three were killed.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=July 11, 2018|title=Associated Press News|url=http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/killer_blue/index.html?SITE=AP|website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
On July 13, 2024, Vucci took a photo of former U.S. President, and presumptive [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee, [[Donald Trump]] being led off stage after surviving an [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump|assassination attempt]], with Trump raising his fist in the air, blood on the right side of his face.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Secret Service rushes Trump offstage after popping noises heard at his Pennsylvania rally |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump injured but 'fine' after attempted assassination at rally, shooter and one attendee are dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> The image was widely spread on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Photo of bloodied Trump fist pumping immediately spotlighted by his allies |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/republicans-back-trump-by-sharing-a-bloody-photo-of-the-former-president-00167980 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wallace-Wells |first=Benjamin |date=July 13, 2024 |title=The Attempt on Donald Trump’s Life and an Image That Will Last |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-and-an-image-that-will-last |access-date=July 14, 2024 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
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