If/when Trump loses in November, will that end Vance's political career?

He’ll be the Dick Nixon of the 2030s.

I think he's bound to at least try to run in 2028, just like Pence did. Unless Ohio ends up being embarrassingly close, which I don't think will happen.

He's quite deft at being the man of many faces. He's deeply cynical and immoral and a typical Ivy League law school sub-genius sociopath.

He'll do a Haley rebrand and he'll be as good as new.

What will his new name be for 2028?

He will still be the junior senator from OH until 2029 when they lose the election.

He won't have to run again until 2028 for his senator's seat.

He’ll develop an act wherein he coos out old timey numbers in the style of Marilyn Monroe while batting those smokey lashes. And it will be the have-to-have entertainment at every DC political function.

On the other hand, if Trump wins, and then dies in office, he could be our president in a few years.

I think the loss will spur Vance to embrace his True Self. Perhaps a future as a Drag Queen?

r8 Imagine someone named "JD Vance" being president. Just no.

His surprisingly good debate performance has elevated him to the upper echelon in politics, so he’ll be a voice even if Harris wins.

I think R11.

Vance is also young. He would be the age of Harris and Walz in 2044. He would be younger than Trump is now in 2060.

If tRump loses, he will not accept that it was his fault. He will tell anyone who listens that A. The election was stolen from him - again, and B. It was Vance's fault because he is a stupid RINO.

R11 = Troll that fancies himself a sophisticate.

He’s not.

He has no true core beliefs. If Trump loses, he'll find some other identity to embrace; whatever his sugar daddies at the time tell him to be. I wouldn't even be surprised if, several years down the line, he tries to rebrand himself as a moderate Republican, if the general winds start blowing that way within the GOP.

Or, he can become a complete laughing stock like Sarah Palin and live on our screens as a permanent SNL comedy fodder.

Had he kept a lower profile and let Burgum be the whipping boy for Trump's loss, he could've spent a couple of terms as a completely unremarkable Ohio senator and, after that, have Thiel set him up in one of his trad catholic neonazi think tanks.

Vance is smart, young, and has no morals. In American politics this is known as a triple threat.

I thought so but now not so sure. if he wasn't such an idiot and didn't believe what the person keeping him in money kept telling him what he says he has to believe there would be aa chance. Before Trump I would have said never in a day of hell would he stay.

He was such a good speaker and was pleasant to listen to and 90% of that would be the connection between citizens and the President and all the loonies might go for him. It really is such a shame that he is so lazy and just wants someone to keep him because he is not bad looking to look at, speaks and comes across well is fairly young and with all that he would have a really good chance. What may have done him in is that he doesn't stand for what he believes in and is not even sure what he believes since he changes his mind on everything.