JD Vance on 2028 presidential run: I’ll listen to what God tells me to do

U.S. Vice President JD Vance this month said he had not yet made a determination on whether he would run for president in 2028, telling EWTN News host Raymond Arroyo that he would listen to God when ultimately deciding what to do.

Vance, who is widely considered to be a frontrunner for the 2028 Republican nomination, told Arroyo on the latter’s “Arroyo Grande” podcast on Oct. 21 that he was not thinking intensively about the prospect of a presidential race amid the contentious 2026 midterms.

“As soon as the midterms are over … Iʼm going to have to think seriously about it,” Vance said. He noted that he and his wife have four small children “and that’s a consideration.”

Asked by Arroyo if he felt God calling him to mount a presidential run, he responded: “I feel God calling me to do as good of a job as I can.”

“I feel God calling me to try to promote the common good and the job that Iʼm doing right now,” he said. “And I think that when I actually sit down with my wife and with my pastor and with just my own internal deliberation — I think at that point Iʼll either hear God telling me to do something or to not do something.”

“I havenʼt felt God telling me Iʼve got to…