‘Everybody Likes Him’: Mark Halperin Calls JD Vance’s Vice Presidency ‘Unprecedented In Our Time’

Political analyst Mark Halperin said Vice President JD Vance’s tenure is markedly different from other vice presidents in the “modern” era.

In the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, Vance has demonstrated himself to be the most active vice president since former Vice President Dick Cheney was in office. Halperin, on “The Morning Meeting,” emphasized that although Vance’s term is still in its early stages, he has already proven to be different from both Cheney and former Vice President Al Gore in positive ways.

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“We never know what’s gonna happen. He could crash and burn. Trump could turn against him, although he’ll never — Don Jr., and Tucker will never turn against him,” Halperin said. “And so, I will say, if you look at the modern history, influential vice presidents who had great relationships with the president — little tension and super sway with the staff and the ability to be their own person but also a team player, you can look at Al Gore. You can look at Cheney.”

“This is unprecedented in our time, what’s happening right now — his influence and the fact that everybody likes him. And he knows his lane,” he continued. “There’s no danger of what happened with Gore, with, you know, wanting to start his own political operation. No danger of what happened with Cheney, where Cheney overshadowed the president in some ways after 9/11. Like, this is unprecedented what’s happening here. And he’s proven to be so skillful.”

Vance has taken charge on issues such as finding a deal to save TikTok from a nationwide ban, rebuking