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,

President Trump said Vice President JD Vance was “probably favorite at this point” to succeed him as leader of the hard-right political movement.