Vice President JD Vance shares his thoughts on a potential split 2028 presidential ticket while speaking at a fraud press conference on Wednesday.
Vice PresidentJD Vancebrushed off questions about a possible 2028 Republican ticket with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after President Donald Trump floated the pair as a political force earlier this week.
"I love Marco. I think he's a great secretary of state. He's become a very, very dear friend. But I think both of us are very much focused on accomplishing the American people's business right now," Vance said during a news conference Wednesday focused on the administration's fraud crackdown.
Trump teased a potential ticket with Vance. Rubio earlier this week, but the president did not say who would fill Trump's shoes. Vance had previously said the media was creating "conflict" when asked in recent months about alleged tension between the pair as Washington. D.C., inches closer to 2028.
"Who likes J.D. Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio? All right. Sounds like a good ticket," Trump said Monday. "By the way, I do believe that’s a dream team."
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"I love Marco. I think he's a great secretary of state. He's become a very, very dear friend. But I think both of us are very much focused on accomplishing the American people's business right now," said Vance.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Vance shared that it is one of the topics he least likes to discuss when he is "having a good time. trying to do good work in the job that the American people already elected me to do."
"If I was the American people, there are a few things that I would hate more than a person who's barely been in one office for a year. a half, is angling for a job two and a half years down the road," Vance said, referencing himself.
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A second reporter followed up during the news conference. the media was not promoting 2028 tension between the pair as the president floated the potential ticket.
Vice President JD Vance responds to Trump's 2028 split ticket tease with Rubio.(Alexander Drago/Reuters)
"I just don't think it sounds like the president of the United States to have a televised competition forwho would succeed himas his apprentice," Vance quipped in response. "I just think that's not at all what you would expect the president to do."
Vance added it was "natural" for Trump to joke around with him. Rubio, adding that the president has "always been fascinated by politics."
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The question comes as Vance appears to be holding down the fort while the president is in China for a high-stakes U.S.-China summit with Rubio along for the ride.(Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)
Vance’s big initiative has beencracking down on fraud, wasteand abuse while leading the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
The news conference Wednesday was held as Vance holds down the fort at the White House while Trump is inChinafor high-stakes meetings alongside administration leaders, such as Rubio. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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