Hello, I'm Dana Taylor, and this is a special episode of the excerpt.

Vice President J.D. Vance has now been in office a little over seven months, a heartbeat away from the most powerful office in the world.

While President Trump is the oldest to take office at the White House, Vance is one of the youngest to be second in line for the presidency.

Recent news has embroiled the White House in controversy from the president's power to shape the Federal Reserve to deploying the National Guard to American cities. What does take on all of it? And is he planning a run in 2008? USA Today, White House correspondent Francesca Chambers recently sat down with the vice president in an exclusive

interview to explore these questions and more. Francesca now joins us to share her takeaways from

the conversation. Thanks for joining me, Francesca. Oh, thank you so much for having me.

As you noted in your interview, President Trump is the oldest president to be sworn into office,

eclipsing Biden by a few months. Vance is one of the youngest vice presidents to be second in command

and is just a heartbeat away from the most powerful political office in the world.

There have been two assassination attempts on President Trump, both before he even won the

election and took office. What did fans tell you when you asked him how he feels about stepping

in for Trump if needed? This is always a critical question, Dana, for vice presidents of the

United States, is whether or not they're ready to be commander in chief if they

have to take on that role. And as you noted, he is someone who is expected to run for president

in 2028 himself. And he said that he's gotten a lot of good job training over the last 200 days,

but also he says the president's in incredibly good health and has

great energy. Let's listen to more of what he said to me. Yes, things can always happen. Yes,

terrible tragedies happen, but I feel very confident the President of the United States is in good

shape, is going to serve out the remainder of his term and do great things for the

American people. And if, God forbid, there's a terrible tragedy. I can't think of better

on the job training than what I've gotten over the last 200 days. As you said, Francesca,

there's been a lot of speculation about vans possibly running for president in 2028. What did he tell

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