Vance: Trump "very supportive" as vice president moves closer to 2028 decision
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Vice President JD Vance says that he and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, will discuss whether he should seek the 2028 Republican presidential nomination later this year, following the 2026 …
Vice President JD Vance says that he and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, will discuss whether he should seek the 2028 Republican presidential nomination later this year, following the 2026 midterms. While he has not yet decided about entering the GOP race, Vance told "CBS Sunday Morning" that he expects President Donald Trump to be "very supportive" of whatever Vance decides to do regarding the next campaign for the White House. "I have no doubt that the president of the United States is going to be very supportive of anything that I ultimately decide to do," Vance said. "But we really just haven't talked about what that thing will be." Vice President JD Vance. CBS News For now, Vance said his political future is not top of mind, remarking he is not "sitting around figuring out whether I'm going to run for president. "Usha and I will absolutely sit down and talk about what comes next for our family," he said, adding that it will be after the results of the 2026 midterms elections. "The way I make decisions is, I try not to make them until I absolutely must." Vance noted in the interview that he never initiates discussions of his future plans with the president: "I never bring it up. But sure, the president brings it up a lot, sometimes publicly, sometimes privately. You know, the president's a political animal. He loves this stuff. He's very fascinated by it." Asked whether Mr. …
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