Vice President JD Vance dodged a question about whether he’d support Sen. Ted Cruz or War Secretary Pete Hegseth for president in 2028 but suggested that he could back another Republican candidate other than himself.Both Cruz and Hegseth have reportedly privately discussed their desire to succeed President Donald Trump. Furthermore, Cruz, who came in second to Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, has been openly flirting with the idea in interviews.
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