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Social media users mocked Vice President JD Vance over his awkward answer on whether he would run for the White House in 2028. Vance is widely seen as the frontrunner in the 2028 GOP presidential primary, but has not confirmed whether he will run to succeed President Donald Trump. In a Tuesday interview, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum asked Vance about Trump’s latest comments on who will be his successor.
“Something I don’t have to worry about now. I’ve got three years to go,” Trump told reporters on Monday when asked if Secretary of State Marco Rubio could lead the GOP ticket. “JD’s fantastic, and Marco — they’re both fantastic, I think, really. And I think Marco did a great job in Munich,” he added.
MacCallum asked Vance whether he wished Trump would back him for the top of the ticket.
“I think the president is very smartly saying, ‘We’ve got three years to go, and how about everybody focuses on the job the American people elected us to do, rather than something that is very far in the future?’” Vance responded.
Vance then suggested that the media wants to create a “conflict” between himself and Rubio when there “isn’t any conflict.”
McCallum then pressed him further on the question.
“But surely, as vice president, you’d like to be president?” she asked. Vance responded by laughing loudly at the question, asking: “Would I?”
He then reiterated that he wants to focus on his current job before thinking about the future. “Why don’t I do as good of a job as I can at this job? We’ll work about the next job sometimes in the future,” he said.
Social media users roasted Vance’s response to the question, with many calling him “unlikable.”
“It’s truly impressive how unlikable JD Vance is,” Republican Sarah Matthews wrote on social media platform X.
Journalist Ahmed Baba wrote: “JD Vance has negative rizz. Anti-aura. Unlimited lame.”
Progressive influencer Jack Cocchiarella asked: “Has anyone ever been this unlikable?”
Political commentator Camille Mackenzie told Vance to stop playing “dumb.”
“We know that’s why you took the job because being a no-name, Frankenstein’s Senator wasn’t going to make it to be president having done nothing of significance. You still won’t be president unless Trump is impeached, so I guess it was all for nothing,” Mackenzie said.
Trump has repeatedly joked about running for a third term despite the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution explicitly prohibiting him from doing so.
The 22nd Amendment reads: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”
Trump told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” last year that he would “probably not”run for a third term despite saying that he would like to. He has floated Vance as a possible successor to him but has not officially endorsed anyone yet.
When Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked in August 2025 about Vance’s potential as his political successor, Trump suggested that his vice president would follow in his footsteps. He also noted that there are other potential candidates, including Rubio.
“Well, I think most likely, in all fairness, he’s the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form,” Trump told reporters at the time.
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