Vance front and center in Republican midterms push – is this a dry run for a White House bid?

Vice-president's visibility has risen as Trump's popularity wanes, but path to inherit Maga throne is more complicated than it may seem

A day after JD Vance suggested Donald Trump would endorse him if he runs for president, the vice-president shifted awkwardly in the Oval Office as his boss was asked about the remark.

He's a very talented person, and he's a very good person," Trump said of the man standing behind him, with a forced smile this week. But we've literally - I don't think we've ever talked about," the president claimed, leaving the assertion unconfirmed.