Vance on presidential race: 'If I do end up running in 2028, I'm not entitled to it'

Vice President JD Vance suggests he's considering a 2028 White House bid says he's "not entitled to it."

Vance made the comments during an interview on Monday with NBC News, in which he dismissed the idea of any competition or friction between himself and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also considered a potential White House contender.

“I can just feel it — the media is going to start telling some story of me versus Marco or me having a rivalry with Marco,” Vance said he recently told a political consultant.

“Most of the time, I don’t give a s--- about this stuff,” Vance said, “I don’t even think that much about it.”

The vice president added that he and Rubio talk five times a day — “on a light day.”

“My attitude is, if I do end up running in 2028, I’m not entitled to it,” Vance continued. “But I really think that Marco and I can get a lot done together over the next few years. That’s how I think about our friendship and our relationship. And I would be shocked if he thought about it any differently.”

Rubio, a former senator from Florida who served in the upper chamber along with former Ohio Sen. Vance, ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, then dropped out of the race after President Trump won the Florida primary.

Trump has declined to endorse Vance for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination, but said his vice president is “very capable.” Vance said that it's too early for Trump to back someone.