Agreed. If the incumbent doesn't run (term limited or retires), the next nominee is almost always the VP if they want the job. Just look at the history: Roos

Agreed. If the incumbent doesn't run (term limited or retires), the next nominee is almost always the VP if they want the job. Just look at the history: Roosevelt -> Truman (not Truman -> Barkley: the exception) Eisenhower -> Nixon Johnson -> Humphrey Nixon -> Ford Reagan -> Bush Clinton -> Gore (not Bush -> Cheney, who retired) (not Obama -> Biden, who temporarily retired) Biden -> Harris I can't fathom how a party can pick a VP who isn't an excellent future candidate. JD Vance?