❓WHAT HAPPENED: Vice President J.D. Vance said he will discuss the possibility of a 2028 presidential run with President Donald J. Trump after the 2026 midterms.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Vice President Vance, President Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The comments were made on Thursday evening in a Fox News interview.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We’re going to do everything that we can to win the midterms. And then after that, I’m going to sit down with the President of the United States and talk to him about it.” – J.D. Vance
🎯IMPACT: Vance’s comments highlight his focus on the midterms.
Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on addressed speculation about a potential presidential run in 2028 in a Fox News interview on Thursday. Vance said he will discuss the matter with President Donald J. Trump after the 2026 midterms, but stressed that they are his immediate focus, being key to securing the President’s agenda.
“I [have] thought about what that moment might look like after the midterm elections, sure, but… I try to put it out of my head and remind myself the American people elected me to do a job right now, and my job is to do it,” Vance said, explaining: “[I]f you start getting distracted and focused on what comes next, I think it actually makes you worse at the job that you have.”
Vance, a favorite among MAGA supporters, is seen as a leading Republican contender for 2028. Early polls suggest he is competitive in a hypothetical matchup against California Governor Gavin Newsom, a likely Democratic candidate.
“I really want us to win the midterms because if the Democrats get in power, they’re going to try to screw up a lot of the great things the President of the United States has done over the past ten months,” Vance said, emphasizing that some of the proverbial “trees” the administration has planted will take a few years to “bear fruit,” reiterating, “I don’t want the Democrats to screw that up.”
Regarding a potential contest with Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the 2028 nomination, Vance was conciliatory, saying, “If Marco eventually runs for President… we can cross that bridge when we come to it, adding that “if either one of us end up running, it’s a long, long ways in the future, and neither of us is entitled to it.”
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