Trump muses on Vance or Rubio as potential 2028 running mates
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Updated · The New York Times · May 10
Trump muses on Vance or Rubio as potential 2028 running mates
11 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10
The president has privately asked advisers whether Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be on a future ticket, and sometimes jokes they should run together.
The talk comes as both men take bigger public roles before the midterms, with Rubio handling Iran-war messaging and foreign trips while Vance campaigns for vulnerable House Republican Zach Nunn in Iowa.
Advisers say Trump is only informally polling people and is not focused on 2028, but the conversations are fuelling Republican succession speculation as both allies raise their national profiles.
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