Vice President JD Vance is building a foreign policy resume that could prove a formidable rival to Secretary of State Marco Rubio should the pair face off in the 2028 presidential election.
Most recently, the vice president flew to Hungary to boost Washington’s alliance with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, with the Tuesday visit coming as he has emerged as a key figure in United States relations with Europe, along with countries such as Iran and Venezuela.
Vance’s vocal presence on the world stage, as noted in his scathing overhaul of U.S.-European relations at last year’s Munich Security Conference, could pose a critical challenge to Rubio if they end up as Republican rivals competing for the 2028 presidential nomination. President Donald Trump has declined to signal which man he favors to preserve his legacy — even as speculation that his two leading henchmen could end up as competitors has grown — and striking differences
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