Vice President Vance will host the White House press briefing Tuesday following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s debut at the podium earlier this month.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave, and a number of administration officials are slated to fill in for her while she is away from the podium.
The news comes as Vance and Rubio have increasingly been floated as potential 2028 presidential contenders.
Rubio was widely praised by Republicans and even some Democrats for his performance in the briefing room earlier this month, and he has been front and center on the national stage following his high-stakes trip with President Trump to China last week.
Meanwhile, Vance has been taking part in campaign-style events across the country ahead of the midterm elections.
Vance visited Kansas City, Mo., on Monday to take part in a Republican National Committee fundraiser before delivering remarks at a rally-style event at a local manufacturing facility.
Vance traveled last week to Maine, and earlier this month, he stopped in his home state of Ohio to vote in the state’s Republican primary. He then went to Oklahoma for a fundraiser and to Iowa to campaign for incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) in the state’s 3rd Congressional District.
Trump has repeatedly referred to a Vance-Rubio presidential ticket as a “dream team” ahead of 2028, but neither man has made clear he wishes to be, or remain, in a No. 2 position.
Vance brushed off 2028 speculation as recently as last week.
“There are few topics that I want to talk about less than what office I’m going to run for years down the road when I’m having a good time and trying to do good work in the job that the American people already elected me to do,” Vance said.
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