In a Wednesday opinion piece for The New York Times, researcher and pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson said she was "surprised" Trump did not want to name Vance as his successor, given the vice president's age and embrace of technology, which will be an advantage as the GOP aims to appeal to the next generation of voters.

President Donald Trump declined to anoint Vice President JD Vance as the heir apparent to the Republican Party or his Make America Great Again movement, saying in an interview that aired on Monday that it's too early for such an endorsement.