Vice President JD Vance said he’d be ready to take over if something “terrible” were to happen to President Donald Trump.
“Yes, things can always happen,” Vance told USA TODAY when asked if he’d be prepared to step in for Trump in an emergency scenario.
“Yes, terrible tragedies happen,” he added. “And if, God forbid, there’s a terrible tragedy, I can’t think of better on-the-job training than what I’ve gotten over the last 200 days.”
Vance, 41, stressed, however, that he was “very confident” that Trump, 79, “is in good shape” and would “serve out the remainder of his term and do great things for the American people.” Trump was the oldest person to be sworn in as president earlier this year, while Vance is the third-youngest vice president in American history.
“He’s got incredible energy, and while most of the people that work around the president of the United States are younger than he is, I think that we find that he actually is the last person who goes to sleep, he’s the last person making phone calls at night, and he’s the first person who wakes up and the first person making phone calls in the morning,” Vance said of Trump.
Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a blood circulation issue after noticing mild swelling in his lower legs, the White House announced last month after the president was seen with bruising on his hands, which the presidential physician said was caused by “minor soft tissue irritation” from frequent handshaking and taking aspirin.
“Importantly, there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters via the New York Post. “No signs of heart failure, renal impairment, or systemic illness were identified.”
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