The 2028 race is has started to take shape according to reports, and inside Republican circles, the conversation is shifting. For months, JD Vance looked like the obvious heir to Donald Trump.

Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz said Marco Rubio has become 'one of MAGA’s staunchest allies and advocates'

New polling of the 2028 GOP Presidential Primary shows Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of everyone but Vice President JD Vance, while Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to struggle.

Marco Rubio surged to 35% in the CPAC 2028 Republican straw poll, jumping from 3% last year, while JD Vance led at 53% amid growing rivalry talk.

Given President Trump’s confrontational nature and disdain for his constitutional duty to transfer power, he will be the most vocal, intrusive lame-duck president in history when the White House race kicks into high gear following the November midterms.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed significant optimism this Thursday about the potential to achieve lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon. He stated that in the coming weeks, they will be closer to the type of enduring peace that the people of both nations deserve.

The quote attributed to Marco Rubio circulating online in April 2026 is a fabricated statement that first emerged around October 2025

JD Vance said 'let Marco make his Polymarket bet on that first' just hours after a US special forces soldier was charged with using classified information to win $400,000 in an online betting market