{"id":2570863,"date":"2026-02-17T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-denies-split-with-rubio-amid-2028-election-rumors-my-closest-friend\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:34:13","slug":"vance-denies-split-with-rubio-amid-2028-election-rumors-my-closest-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-denies-split-with-rubio-amid-2028-election-rumors-my-closest-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance denies split with Rubio amid 2028 election rumors: &#8216;My closest friend&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-denies-split-with-rubio-amid-2028-election-rumors-my-closest-friend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>vice President JD Vance denied any tensions with Marco Rubio amid 2028 election speculation, calling Rubio his \u201cclosest friend\u201d and saying he remains focused on completing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald ...: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">vice presidency<\/a> rather than planning a 2028 campaign. He emphasized there is no conflict between them and that Rubio is doing a great job, while Trump has not endorsed a candidate for 2028 but has repeatedly praised both men as \u201cfantastic\u201d and suggested they coudl form an \u201cunstoppable\u201d ticket. The piece also notes Rubio\u2019s 2016 presidential run and that Vance has an early endorsement from Turning Point USA\u2019s Erika Kirk, with Trump maintaining uncertainty about future endorsements.On the Democratic side, potential contenders floated include Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, JB Pritzker, Andy Beshear, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Kamala Harris.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance denies rivalry with Rubio amid 2028 speculation: &lsquo;Working together&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2508470\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> denied on Tuesday that there is tension between himself and Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> as both men are eyed as possible 2028 presidential rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Vance described Rubio as &ldquo;my closest friend&rdquo; in the Trump administration, and said he was focused on filling out the remainder of his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice presidential term<\/a>, as opposed to crafting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4449678\/vance-rubio-2028-presidential-ticket-exposure-milan-olympics\/\">a 2028 campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4460265\/dhs-spokeswoman-tricia-mclaughlin-quits-noem-impeachment-calls-continue\/\">DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin quits as Noem impeachment calls continue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4460058\/trump-dc-potomac-river-sewage-spill-cleanup\/\">Trump floats federal takeover of Potomac River sewage cleanup, if asked &#8216;politely&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459956\/trump-honors-civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-good-man\/\">Trump honors civil rights icon Jesse Jackson: &#8216;Good man&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s so interesting the media wants to create this conflict where there just isn&rsquo;t any conflict,&rdquo; Vance said during a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dRh16upOwU8\">Fox News interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Marco&rsquo;s doing a great job. I&rsquo;m trying to do as good of a job as I can. The president&rsquo;s doing a great job. We&rsquo;re going to keep on working together,&rdquo; he told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on <em>The Story<\/em>, speaking to the two men&rsquo;s relationship with President Donald Trump. &ldquo;I think the president is very smartly saying we&rsquo;ve got three years to go, and how about everybody focuses on the job the American people elected us to do rather than something that is very far in the future.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3400774\/vance-rubio-early-2028-gop-primary-favorites-trump-downplays-third-term\/\">pressed repeatedly<\/a> on who he will back to be the Republican Party&rsquo;s presidential nominee in 2028. However, the president has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3864714\/trump-third-term-2028-vance-rubio-ticket\/\">consistently declined<\/a> to back a candidate, most recently telling reporters on Monday that both Vance and Rubio are &ldquo;fantastic.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Marco did a great job in Munich,&rdquo; Trump said, referring to Rubio&rsquo;s highly anticipated address to NATO partners at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend. &ldquo;JD is fantastic. And Marco &mdash; they&rsquo;re both fantastic. &hellip; It&rsquo;s something I don&rsquo;t have to worry about now. I&rsquo;ve got three years to go.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio has run for president before, against Trump in 2016. Vance has already secured an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3927081\/erika-kirk-vance-president-2028-americafest\/\">endorsement from Turning Point USA&rsquo;s Erika Kirk<\/a> without having announced a run yet. Last October, Trump suggested that the two could comprise an &ldquo;unstoppable&rdquo; ticket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4421606\/jd-vance-marco-rubio-stick-togther-2028-election-speculation\/\"><strong>THE ODD COUPLE: VANCE AND RUBIO STICK TOGETHER THROUGH 2028 SPECULATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have JD, obviously, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, who&rsquo;s great. Marco&rsquo;s great. I&rsquo;m not sure if anyone would run against those two. I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, names ranging from Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), JB Pritzker (D-IL), and Andy Beshear (D-KY) have been floated as possible contenders for the Democratic nomination, as have Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and former Vice President Kamala Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance denies a feud with Rubio; they\u2019re united<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2570864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26036581898809.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[73990,73988,73989],"class_list":["post-2570863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2028_election","tag-jd_vance","tag-marco_rubio"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26036581898809.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570867,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570863\/revisions\/2570867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}