While President Donald Trump has previously publicly floated both JD Vance and Marco Rubio as potential heirs, he has so far refused to anoint a successor ahead of the 2028 campaign.

US President Donald Trump sees his Vice President JD Vance as "most likely" to be the future Republican presidential candidate and thus a potential successor. "So it's too early, obviously, to talk about it,

I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here,’ President Trump said Tuesday while speaking about a third-term in 2028