{"id":16135,"date":"2026-07-24T22:29:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16135"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:29:51","slug":"less-vance-is-more-trump-reportedly-loves-vice-president-as-2028-nominee-after-he-lost-a-bunch-of-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16135","title":{"rendered":"Less Vance Is More: Trump Reportedly Loves Vice President as 2028 Nominee After He Lost a Bunch of Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5745329\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5745329\" class=\"wp-image-5745329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-24T100631-032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5745329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photos via: Fox News and AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> shed a few pounds \u2014 and his boss noticed.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president has tipped the scales in his favor when it comes to President<strong> Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> 2028 presidential nominee power rankings by losing weight, according to a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/jd-vance-trump-rubio-2028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from MS NOW.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s trimmer figure, combined with his recent media tour to promote his new book, has helped him leapfrog Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong> \u2014 at least for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It hasn\u2019t hurt that Trump has been privately complimentary about Vance\u2019s weight loss, according to two people familiar&#8221; with Trump, reporters <strong>Jacqueline Alemany<\/strong> and <strong>Jake Traylor<\/strong> wrote.<\/p>\n<p>They added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another person said Trump has taken to remarking that his vice president has been looking good lately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of that,\u201d the person added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s weight loss hack? German food. MS NOW pointed to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/fitness\/trump-vance-lutnick-rfk-sauerkraut-diet-2f33bdf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> report<\/a> from <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> last month on how Health and Human Services Secretary <strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> has Vance and other administration officials on a &#8220;sauerkraut-heavy diet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"e13wjo0r2 e1bc1vag0 css-1uzoyz5-StyledNewsKitParagraph\" data-type=\"paragraph\" data-testid=\"paragraph\">\u201cWithin 30 days I lost 20 pounds,\u201d Kennedy said at a June event in Michigan. \u201cJD Vance\u00a0is also on the diet and you can see how different he looks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\" data-testid=\"paragraph\">Vance started the diet for Lent and has been &#8220;committed&#8221; to it ever since, with the 41-year-old VP munching on &#8220;eggs, sauerkraut, pickles, blackberries and raspberries for lunch, and beef or lamb with sauerkraut for dinner,&#8221; per <em>WSJ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\" data-testid=\"paragraph\">Beyond the weight loss, Trump has been a fan of Vance&#8217;s media blitz \u2014 which included a three-hour interview with <strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong>. The two guys covered a lot of ground, including talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/joe-rogan-grills-jd-vance-on-iran-negotiations-asks-if-israels-influence-forced-trump-into-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel&#8217;s &#8220;influence&#8221; on Trump<\/a>, the Iran war, ex-President <strong>Joe Biden&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/podcasts\/jd-vance-baffled-as-he-learns-from-rogan-that-biden-had-brain-surgery-blames-media-for-him-not-knowing-wow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brain surgeries<\/a>, and dead sex criminal <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\" data-testid=\"paragraph\">Vance is the favorite to be the &#8217;28 Republican nominee on prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket. Kalshi gives Vance a 39% shot to win, and Polymarket gives him a 43% chance; Rubio is in second place on both platforms, with a 31% chance on Kalshi and 28% on Polymarket.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\" data-testid=\"paragraph\">MS NOW&#8217;s report coincided with <em>The Washington Post<\/em> reporting there is a \u201ccoordinated\u201d operation within the Republican Party to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/jd-vance-allies-fear-hes-facing-coordinated-effort-within-gop-to-poison-his-political-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cpoison\u201d Vance&#8217;s 2028 chances<\/a>. The effort has not worked on Trump, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/less-vance-is-more-trump-reportedly-loves-vice-president-as-2028-nominee-after-he-lost-a-bunch-of-weight\/\">Less Vance Is More: Trump Reportedly Loves Vice President as 2028 Nominee After He Lost a Bunch of Weight<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photos via: Fox News and AP Photo\/Alex Brandon) Vice President JD Vance shed a few pounds \u2014 and his boss noticed. The vice president has tipped the scales in his favor when it comes to President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2028 presidential nominee power rankings by losing weight, according to a Friday report from MS NOW. 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