JD Vance is taking a lot of vacations — and it speaks volumes about his power
JD Vance is taking a lot of vacations — and it speaks volumes about his power
- August 29, 2025
- Matt Beckmann, political science, HuffPost, Aug. 29, 2025
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“That Vice President Vance has spent so much time away from the White House is a throwback to the earlier era,” said Matthew Beckmann, a professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine. “Historically, Vice Presidents were kept on the presidential periphery, outside of the president’s inner circle, far from the Oval Office. John Adams captured the spirit: ‘I am vice president. In this I am nothing. But I may be everything.’”
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