JD Vance says he ‘doesn’t like thinking about’ a potential presidential run, and would rather focus on his current role.

Vance reflected on his years-long friendship with Kirk, the Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder, in a nearly 1,000 word post on social media platform X. The vice president explained that Kirk helped him run for Senate in 2021 and later backed him as President Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee in the 2024 election.

Many of the president's recent fundraising emails direct donations to a committee sending 5% of its proceeds to Vance's PAC, giving him valuable cash and data.

Vice President JD Vance discussed the importance of voters making their political voices heard at the ballot box on "My View with Lara Trump."

The popular political activist was speaking at an event hosted by Turning Point USA, an organization he co-founded in 2012.

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News of the conservative activist's death landed particularly hard on Vance, who changed his plans Thursday to fly to Utah and return Kirk's remains to Arizona on Air Force Two.

Trump and Republicans are now working to shift the messaging surrounding what was called the "big, beautiful bill" ahead of next year's midterm elections.