Vance carves out role as Trump’s ambassador to Congress

Published December 21, 2024 7:00am ET



Vice President-elect J.D. Vance won’t be far from the Capitol next year as he carves out a role for himself as President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy to Congress.

Vance spent three days shuttling in and out of House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) office this week to retool a spending deal that Trump torpedoed Wednesday.

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