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The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate. Husted, 57, will serve until a special election in ...
Vance will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, just two years after he took the oath of office for his first Senate term. At 40 years old, he will be one of the youngest vice presidents in American history .
The 2026 United States Senate special election in Ohio will be held on November 3, 2026, following the election of Senator JD Vance as vice president of the United States, as he resigned from the Senate on January 10, 2025, and assumed the vice presidency on January 20, 2025. According to Ohio law, if a U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant, the ...
After his election as vice president of the United States, Vance announced on January 9, 2025 his plan to resign his Senate seat, effective January 10. [155] On January 21, 2025, Vance swore in Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Jon Husted as his replacement after he was appointed by Ohio governor Mike DeWine. [156]
Vice President-elect JD Vance will resign his Ohio Senate seat at midnight as he prepares for his new role a heartbeat away from the presidency.. Vance will take the oath of office alongside ...
Vance is the second Catholic vice president, after Joe Biden. [156] Among Vance's first acts as vice president was swearing in Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the first of Trump's cabinet nominees to be approved by Congress, on January 21. [157] On January 24, he cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. [158]
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is now set to take the country’s second-highest office in January. After the Republican leaves his Ohio Senate seat vacant, there is state protocol for how his ...