Joe Concha predicts wide-open path for Rubio if Vance prioritizes family over 2028

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Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha suggested that if Vice President JD Vance ultimately steps aside from the 2028 presidential race, it could open the door for Secretary of State Marco Rubio to become the Republican nominee with little opposition. 

“Let’s say JD Vance says, ‘You know what, I got four young children, and maybe I want to spend time with them and not run for president this time around,’ I think Marco Rubio will go uncontested, basically, to the nomination,” Concha said on Fox News’s One Nation With Brian Kilmeade Sunday. 

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