Vance charts path to 2028, trying to avoid the fate suffered by early front-runners

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Vice President JD Vance is positioning himself as President Donald Trump‘s successor, but early posturing comes with political disadvantages more than three years before the first 2028 Republican presidential primary votes are cast.

Vance, the first millennial vice president, underscored his appeal among younger Republicans this week during the first Turning Point USA college tour event since the assassination of the group’s founder, Charlie Kirk, alongside Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk.

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