JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years.

After rarely being seen in public in the two weeks since he delivered a brief, 46-second victory speech on election night, JD Vance reemerged this week to play one of the most important roles he will be expected to fill as Donald Trump’s No.

Whoever Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine picks to replace JD Vance in the Senate will face a battery of Trump loyalty tests on backing embattled Cabinet picks like Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and more.

Vice President-elect JD Vance has been tasked with his first big role as Donald Trump ’s second-in-command: Helping to confirm Trump’s controversial cabinet picks.

A Secret Service spokesperson said no one protected by his agency was taken from the property for medical reasons or had any issues or concerns.

President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director, incoming Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday in the clearest indication yet that the new administration is looking to replace current director Christopher Wray.

J.D. Vance said in a now-deleted social media post that Trump's transition team is interviewing FBI director candidates.

JD Vance often struggled in favorability polls during the campaign, but that has changed following Donald Trump's victory.

During the general election, Vice President-elect JD Vance made it clear that he was the policy attack dog and one of the primary messengers for Donald Trump's campaign. Now his vice presidential responsibilities are taking shape, with expectations that he will be Trump's "eyes and ears" in Congress, a source told ABC News.

It’s a much more complex story than what happened among Democrats, even if Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was even more obscure than Vance before last summer.