U.S. Vice President JD Vance has officially stated that he has not yet made a final decision regarding his participation in the 2028 presidential election. However, the politician promised to revisit the issue in the near future.
As reported by RBC-Ukraine citing an interview with CBS News, the final verdict will be made together with his wife at the end of this year — after the U.S. midterm congressional elections.
Donald Trump's Position
Despite the unresolved nature of the issue, Vance expressed confidence that current U.S. President Donald Trump will support whatever decision he makes. "I have no doubt that the President of the United States will fully support whatever decision I ultimately make. But we haven't discussed what that decision will be yet," the Vice President noted.
According to Vance, he personally never initiates conversations with Trump about his political future. However, the President himself often raises this topic both publicly and in private conversations. Vance describes Trump as someone deeply immersed in politics: "The President is a political figure. He loves this business".
Focus on the Present
At the moment, according to Vance, his priority is working in the administration rather than planning his future career. He described the nature of his conversations with Trump as follows: "It can't be called either support or dissuasion. Just... He kind of talks about it, for example: 'What will happen? How do we maintain our success? What does this mean for the future?'. It's more of a conversation along those lines".
Vance emphasized that both politicians are focused on current tasks, so a detailed discussion of his potential candidacy has not yet taken place.
An Insider View
Last week, media reports surfaced suggesting that Donald Trump is increasingly questioning whether Vance possesses the necessary qualities to be the Republican Party's nominee. According to sources from The New York Times, the President does not consider the Vice President an obvious or unalterable successor, viewing the question as open and answering it with the phrase that he is "not so sure".