Political scientist named J.D. Vance a likely Republican candidate in the 2028 elections

It is obvious that US Vice President J.D. Vance will be the Republican candidate in the country's presidential elections in 2028, said American political scientist Malek Dudakov. He assessed the politician’s potential as the head of the White House in a conversation with Lenta.ru.

Earlier it became known that at a closed meeting in Texas, Vance was welcomed as the next president of the country.

Indeed, the main headliner at this party convention was not the head of the White House, Donald Trump, but Vance, Dudakov noted. Firstly, he conducted non-public negotiations with major sponsors of the Republicans, who are now dissatisfied with the policies of the current president and, in general, are not ready to donate a lot of money, convincing them of the opposite, the Lenta.ru interlocutor indicated. Secondly, Vance made a big speech following the closing of the convention, trying to take a more centrist position in comparison with Trump and work to unite the large Republican electorate, the Americanist added.

Vance is already being de facto presented as Trump’s heir and successor, a future presidential candidate, the expert noted. In his opinion, against this background, all the talk that politics can be replaced in this race by Secretary of State Mark Rubio or someone else is groundless.

Before this, it became known that cooperation between Moscow and Washington could be restored if Vance wins the 2028 presidential election.