J. D. Vance will enter the vice presidency in a historically unusual position, although not one entirely without precedent. Since 1972 — at the dawn of the modern primary system — five presidents have been reelected, all five of them with their original vice presidents (although Spiro Agnew resigned just nine months into Richard Nixon’s second term). One has to reach further into the past for precedent for Vance’s situation, with a term-limited president paired with a brand-new vice president.
The Little Magician
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